(via Flickr)
Can someone Catholic explain this to me? Is this a monk with the Baby Jesus? If so, I’m not entirely sure monks were around when Jesus was born. If not, why is the monk holding a baby? Is this his child? Is he the Patron Saint of Illegitimate Children? Or is the monk holding a very small person? I was raised Jewish. I don’t get these things.
It looks like St. Francis of Assisi, but he was the Patron Saint of nature and animals…I don’t know. I will try to find out though!