Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata  1629

[i]Style of [url=https://useum.org/artist/Paul-Brill]Paul Bril[/url][/i] [br]In 1224, as St. Francis (1181-1226) and a follower Brother Leo were meditating on Christ's suffering during a forty day fast spent in the wilderness of Mount Verna, Francis had a vision of a seraph (a six-winged angel) crucified like Christ. Immediately, there appeared on Francis's body the stigma...