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It was this Crucifix that Francisco heard said, in the small and abandoned church of São Damião: – “Francis, go and rebuild my Church“. An unknown Italian artist painted it in the 12th century on a cloth glued to walnut wood. It is 1.90 m high, 1.20 m wide and 12 cm thick. This is the Crucifix and the glorious Christ that Santa Clara would contemplate throughout her life, during the entire time she spent in the Monastery of São Damião (1212 – 1253). That is why he will speak so often of the “King of glory”.

The image of Christ Pantocrator was one of the first images of Christ developed in the Early Christian Church and remains a central icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Defender of the Faith: Athanasius