Bust in patinated bronze depicting St. Francis Xavier, head slightly turned to the right, wearing the ratchet and stole around his neck.
Southern Italy, 17th century.
H.: 29 cm.
Base with red silk velvet doucine at the back.
Co-founder of the Society of Jesus, St. Francis Xavier was a great missionary between the Indies and the Far East. Beatified in 1619, he was canonized three years later by Gregory XV.
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