ORIGINAL Saint Peregrine Laziosi Sketch
This original 5×7” charcoal sketch, featuring Saint Peregrine Laziosi is one of 10 sketches completed in my 2024 October Saint Sketch Challenge. All earnings from these sketches from now through November 9th will go to Cross Catholic Outreach for hurricane relief from recent hurricanes, Helene and Milton. Purchase this original to help unlock prints of this piece so others can help contribute to the cause!
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DETAILS:
*original 5×7” charcoal sketch on paper
*Frame/unframed option
*Frame can either sit or stand
*If choosing framed option, please allow 2 weeks for processing
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ABOUT THIS SAINT/PIECE:
I love me a good conversion story…
Saint Peregrine was originally part of a group of anti-papal rebels in Forli, Italy. When the pope sent Saint Philip Benizi to go preach in Forli, Peregrine was so overcome with anger that he struck Philip to the ground with a blow to the face. Peregrine’s heart was immediately changed, for in that moment he realized that his actions were in no way noble when striking a man who only preached love.
He immediately started to seek council (and forgiveness) from Saint Philip Benizi. Eventually, Peregrine took the black habit of the Servites (after having received a vision of Our Lady handing him the habit) and became a well known preacher and confessor.
But there is one thing about Saint Peregrine’s story that strikes me…people loved going to Saint Peregrine for confession, and yet He himself seemed to carry around so much guilt from his past. As an act of penance for his rebellious youth, Peregrine chose to stand….all the time. He would only sit down when necessary.
Consequentially, Saint Peregrine ended up getting cancer of the foot. And the night before his leg was to be amputated, Saint Peregrine literally dragged himself to a chapel to pray until he fell asleep. And there he lay, dreaming that Christ himself touched his leg. When he awoke, the cancer was miraculously gone and his formerly bandaged leg was healed.
In this sketch, I wanted to depict Saint Peregrine walking out of the chapel—a stark difference to how he had dragged himself into the chapel just hours before. His bandages flying off to show how he had been healed. And if you look closely, little leaves are growing out of the small trees next to the door to represent new birth…new life. The same new life we see when seeking forgiveness through the sacrament of Reconciliation. We know Our Lord is merciful and eager to forgive…but sometimes the biggest hurdle is us forgiving ourselves.
Saint Peregrine Laziosi, patron saint of cancer…pray for us!
This original 5×7” charcoal sketch, featuring Saint Peregrine Laziosi is one of 10 sketches completed in my 2024 October Saint Sketch Challenge. All earnings from these sketches from now through November 9th will go to Cross Catholic Outreach for hurricane relief from recent hurricanes, Helene and Milton. Purchase this original to help unlock prints of this piece so others can help contribute to the cause!
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DETAILS:
*original 5×7” charcoal sketch on paper
*Frame/unframed option
*Frame can either sit or stand
*If choosing framed option, please allow 2 weeks for processing
……………………………………………….
ABOUT THIS SAINT/PIECE:
I love me a good conversion story…
Saint Peregrine was originally part of a group of anti-papal rebels in Forli, Italy. When the pope sent Saint Philip Benizi to go preach in Forli, Peregrine was so overcome with anger that he struck Philip to the ground with a blow to the face. Peregrine’s heart was immediately changed, for in that moment he realized that his actions were in no way noble when striking a man who only preached love.
He immediately started to seek council (and forgiveness) from Saint Philip Benizi. Eventually, Peregrine took the black habit of the Servites (after having received a vision of Our Lady handing him the habit) and became a well known preacher and confessor.
But there is one thing about Saint Peregrine’s story that strikes me…people loved going to Saint Peregrine for confession, and yet He himself seemed to carry around so much guilt from his past. As an act of penance for his rebellious youth, Peregrine chose to stand….all the time. He would only sit down when necessary.
Consequentially, Saint Peregrine ended up getting cancer of the foot. And the night before his leg was to be amputated, Saint Peregrine literally dragged himself to a chapel to pray until he fell asleep. And there he lay, dreaming that Christ himself touched his leg. When he awoke, the cancer was miraculously gone and his formerly bandaged leg was healed.
In this sketch, I wanted to depict Saint Peregrine walking out of the chapel—a stark difference to how he had dragged himself into the chapel just hours before. His bandages flying off to show how he had been healed. And if you look closely, little leaves are growing out of the small trees next to the door to represent new birth…new life. The same new life we see when seeking forgiveness through the sacrament of Reconciliation. We know Our Lord is merciful and eager to forgive…but sometimes the biggest hurdle is us forgiving ourselves.
Saint Peregrine Laziosi, patron saint of cancer…pray for us!
This original 5×7” charcoal sketch, featuring Saint Peregrine Laziosi is one of 10 sketches completed in my 2024 October Saint Sketch Challenge. All earnings from these sketches from now through November 9th will go to Cross Catholic Outreach for hurricane relief from recent hurricanes, Helene and Milton. Purchase this original to help unlock prints of this piece so others can help contribute to the cause!
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DETAILS:
*original 5×7” charcoal sketch on paper
*Frame/unframed option
*Frame can either sit or stand
*If choosing framed option, please allow 2 weeks for processing
……………………………………………….
ABOUT THIS SAINT/PIECE:
I love me a good conversion story…
Saint Peregrine was originally part of a group of anti-papal rebels in Forli, Italy. When the pope sent Saint Philip Benizi to go preach in Forli, Peregrine was so overcome with anger that he struck Philip to the ground with a blow to the face. Peregrine’s heart was immediately changed, for in that moment he realized that his actions were in no way noble when striking a man who only preached love.
He immediately started to seek council (and forgiveness) from Saint Philip Benizi. Eventually, Peregrine took the black habit of the Servites (after having received a vision of Our Lady handing him the habit) and became a well known preacher and confessor.
But there is one thing about Saint Peregrine’s story that strikes me…people loved going to Saint Peregrine for confession, and yet He himself seemed to carry around so much guilt from his past. As an act of penance for his rebellious youth, Peregrine chose to stand….all the time. He would only sit down when necessary.
Consequentially, Saint Peregrine ended up getting cancer of the foot. And the night before his leg was to be amputated, Saint Peregrine literally dragged himself to a chapel to pray until he fell asleep. And there he lay, dreaming that Christ himself touched his leg. When he awoke, the cancer was miraculously gone and his formerly bandaged leg was healed.
In this sketch, I wanted to depict Saint Peregrine walking out of the chapel—a stark difference to how he had dragged himself into the chapel just hours before. His bandages flying off to show how he had been healed. And if you look closely, little leaves are growing out of the small trees next to the door to represent new birth…new life. The same new life we see when seeking forgiveness through the sacrament of Reconciliation. We know Our Lord is merciful and eager to forgive…but sometimes the biggest hurdle is us forgiving ourselves.
Saint Peregrine Laziosi, patron saint of cancer…pray for us!