REYES Y NOBLES EN LA ICONOGRAFÍA FRANCISCANA

Abstract

The iconography of the Order of Friars Minor of Saint Francis offers one of the richest pictorial panoramas of all the religious orders.

By way of example we consider the Holy Kings and Nobles adopted by the Order as Patrons of their Provinces. Some of these individuals actually belonged to the Order, such as St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary and St. Louis, King of France, both Franciscan Tertiaries, and St. Louis, Bishop of Toulouse, Prince of Anjou and heir to the Crown of Naples, who was a Franciscan friar.

Another group of these Kings and Nobles is formed by those Saints who, while not belonging to the Order, were considered Patrons of some of the Provinces taken under the custody...