Murillo, St. Francis Solanus and the Bull

1645
Oil on canvas
Alcázar of Seville

This represents one of the two incidents from Francis Solanus's time in Tucumán Province reported in Navarro's vita (Acta Sanctorum, July vol. 5, 866-67) in which a bull escaped confinement, killed a number of villagers, but then was roped and tamed by the saint.

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