St. Peregrine - San Juan Capistrano, CA
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N 33° 30.150 W 117° 39.740
11S E 438480 N 3707192
This sculpture is located in the St. Peregrine Chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
Waymark Code: WMQ96N
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2016
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The St. Peregrine Chapel is located in the Father Serra Church at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
The sculpture depicts the saint kneeling on one knee...apparently in prayer. The figure's left hand holds his cloak together at his neck.
There is no sign at the site indicating the date or artist.
Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us:
"Saint Peregrine Laziosi (Pellegrino Latiosi) (c. 1260 – 1 May 1345) is an Italian saint of the Servite Order (Friar Order Servants of Mary). He is the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS, or other illness.
Life
Peregrine Laziosi was born around 1260, the only son of an affluent family in Forlì, in northern Italy. At that time Forli was part of the Papal States. Peregrine's family supported the anti-papal faction. In 1283 the residents of Forlì were under interdict. St. Philip Benizi, Prior General of the Friar Servants of Saint Mary, was sent to try to reconcile the divided community. While trying to preach in Forlì, Philip was heckled and struck by the eighteen-year-old Peregrine. Philip was driven from the city with insults and violence. Peregrine repented and asked Philip for forgiveness. St. Philip received him with kindness. The moment had a profound effect on Peregrine. Filled with remorse, he began to pray more and to channel his energies into good works. A few years later, he joined the Servites in Siena and went on to be ordained a priest.
Statue in the Peregrine Chapel of the Serra Chapel in Mission San Juan Capistrano
After some years he was sent back to Forlì, where he founded a new Servite house there and became well known for his preaching and holiness as well as his devotion to the sick and poor. It is said that he miraculously multiplied grain and wine during a severe shortage in his area. People took to calling him the "Angel of Good Counsel," so grateful were they for his wise advice so freely given.
One of the special penances he imposed on himself was to stand whenever it was not necessary to sit. When tired he would support himself on a choir stall. At the age of sixty he developed an infection in his right leg. His condition deteriorated to the point that the physician decided to amputate his leg."