Meet St. Francis, who’s in the middle of receiving a…um…complicated divine visitation. This wealthy young party lover and man about town gave it all up to live a more meaningful life and lead others to embrace self-sacrifice, love nature, and encourage peace.

In today’s episode we find out how his spiritual devotion led to this rather mixed blessing and why he’s one of the most popular saints.

If you want to follow along, you can find it at here on the Frick Collection’s site.

Photo of St. Francis in gallery https://www.frick.org/blogs/middle_ground_bellini_breuer

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas:
“Ascension” https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and “Easy” https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs

Episode music:
“Byrd O Magnum Mysterium” by William Byrd. Performed by Ensemble Morales
https://musopen.org/music/10537-o-magnum-mysterium/

“Ale and Anecdotes” by Darren Curtis | https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/
Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Artwork information
https://collections.frick.org/objects/39/st-francis-in-the-desert

https://www.frick.org/interact/miniseries/cocktails_curator/bellinis_st_francis_desert

St. Francis info
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi#Character_and_legacy

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Francis-of-Assisi#ref2420

In a New Light : Giovanni Bellini’s “St. Francis in the Desert.” Rutherglen, Susannah et al. New York: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2014.

“Cocktails with A Curator” St. Francis in the Desert
https://www.frick.org/interact/miniseries/cocktails_curator/bellinis_st_francis_desert

“Canticle of the Creatures”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canticle_of_the_Sun

Meaning of stigmata
https://www.franciscantradition.org/blog/78-feast-of-the-stigmata-of-saint-francis

Transcript available at alonglookpodcast.com