A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 79
he Seraphic Oi^der,and was styled il Dot-tore Serafico. His fameis not confined to hisOrder, as he is consid-ered one of the bright-est lights of the wholeRoman Catholic Church.His name was GiovanniFidanga, and he wasborn at Bagnarea in Tus-cany, in 1221. In hisinfancy he was so ill thathis life… … (Raphael.) St. Bonaventura. in study was amazing, and at twenty-two he became a Franciscan,and went to Paris to study theology. He soon became celebrated,but his humility was so great that he felt unworthy to receive thesacrament, and it is taught in the legends that the Host was pre-sented to him…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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