Royal ensigns of Christ
This work depicts a formation of Francisan Saints, guided by the seraphic founding father, Saint Francis of Assisi. Saint Louis King of France, Saint Iaabel of Hungary are recognized right next to him, and Saint Angela of Foligno or Saint Margaret of Cortona.
In front, Santa Clara de Asís, holding the monstrance, accompanied by her sister Inés de Asís. In the next block four barefoot Franciscan saints precede Saint Francis.On the lower right side, a legend describes "Our Seraphic Father St. Guide Francis, as royal ensign of Christ along the path of penance and evangelical life to his three orders following his pleasure the observant and barefoot capuchins and cloistered nuns of Santa Clara of the first and second rule and friars and seculars of the third".
Spanish: "Guía NPS Francisco, como alférez reales de cristo por el camino de la penitencia y vida evangélica a sus tres órdenes siguiéndole gusto los observantes y capuchinos descalzos y claustrales monjas de santa clara de la primera y segunda regla y frailes y seculares de la tercera"
This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Franciscan Gallery charges for the access to high resolution copy of the image. Manually restoration was necessary in order to improve quality, without covering the original image.
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