Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of Sacred and Legendary art (1863)
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 291
ST. PETER NOLASCO. 221 and afterwards became the tutor or governor of tlie young king, James of Arao'on. Struck with the miseries of war, which he '^.^^ Jayme, had witnessed at an early age, and by the fate of the Christians ^^'^^o^- who were kept in captivity by the Moors, he founded, in imita- … their head, but gave them as a perpetual badge his own arms. From Barcelona the Order extended far and wide, and Peter Nolasco was the first General or Superior. From this time his long life was spent in expeditions to the various provinces of Spain, then under the dominion of the Moors; to…
Saints · Christian saints in art · Christian art and symbolism · Monasticism and religious orders
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