carved polychrome statue saint pio pietrelcina the church santa marta menaggio

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Carved polychrome statue of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in the Church of Santa Marta in Menaggio Royalty Free Stock Photo

Carved polychrome statue of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in the Church of Santa Marta in Menaggio

Pictured is a carved polychrome statue of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in the Church of Santa Marta on Via Calvi in Menaggio on Lake Como in Italy. Also known as Padre Pio, he was born in 1887 and died in 1968. He was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. In the background is a painting of Saint Felix of Valois, a French catholic former Cistercian hermit who co-founded the Trinitarian Order.