The Miracle of St Diego of Alcalá
by STROZZI, Bernardo, Oil on canvas, 250 x 170 cm
The output of Bernardo Strozzi’s Genoese activity can be divided into two parts, the paintings and frescoes for the aristocracy and the altarpieces and other religious compositions for the Capuchin Order.
St Diego of Alcal� (St Didacus of Alcal�) was a lay brother of the Order of Friars Minor who died in 1463 at Alcal� de Henares, Spain. He was canonized by Pope Sixtus V in 1588.