OToday is San Diego: a name that in Naples recalls the greatest footballer of all time, namely Diego Armando Maradona, who disappeared almost a year ago in Argentina.
Diego (Didacus) is one of the most popular saints in Spain and one of the great protectors of the Indios, present in popular depictions in his Franciscan robes, with habit, cord and keys, to indicate his duties as doorman and cook. The humble and obedient Diego did not hesitate, in fact, to deprive himself of his own bread to bring it to some beggar.
A gesture that God would have reciprocated by making him find the basket full of roses, a prodigy often represented in Andalusian popular art, but also in the famous pictorial cycles of Murillo and Annibale Carracci. Diego of Alcalà He was born around 1400 into a poor family of St. Nicholas of the Port, in the diocese of Seville, and from a very young age he was a “self-taught” ascetic, leading a hermit's life, dedicating himself to meditation and prayer.
Article published on November 12, 2021 - 08:09
