St. Francis of Assisi - Carmel, CA
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N 36° 32.580 W 121° 55.196
10S E 596673 N 4044720
Located in the Basilica at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
Waymark Code: WMRN6A
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2016
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A sign accompanying the sculpture indicates that it is
"Carved wood, gessoed and painted, circa 1791."
It was partially destroyed by a tsunami in 1854 It was then taken to a Franciscan orphanage in Watsonville and then was brought to Mission Santa Barbara.It was rstored to this mission in 2007.
Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us:
"Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi), born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco (1181/1182 – 3 October 1226), was an Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history.
Pope Gregory IX canonised Francis on 16 July 1228. Along with Saint Catherine of Siena, he was designated Patron saint of Italy. He later became associated with patronage of animals and the natural environment, and it became customary for Catholic and Anglican churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of 4 October."