Saint Bernardino of Siena was an Italian priest, Franciscan missionary, and is a Catholic saint.

After his death, the Franciscans promoted an iconographical program of diffusion of images of Bernardino, which was second only to that of the founder of the order. He is sometimes represented in painting with three mitres at his feet (representing the three bishoprics which he had rejected) and holding in his hand the IHS monogram with rays emanating from it (representing his devotion to the “Holy Name of Jesus”), which was his main attribute.

image: El Greco, 1604

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    Greco! Apparently, this specific one is in Toledo. We were there! And we didn’t see it. Gah! The regret!
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