Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Saint Francis Altarpiece

Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Saint Francis Altarpiece, 1235, Proto-Renaissance

1) This is the earliest dated portrait of St. Francis, who was the founder of the monastic Franciscan order 

2) An altarpiece that served as a backdrop for mass

3) Berlinghieri depicted St. Francis with stigmata, flanked by depictions of how he received the wounds (Francis was the first person to receive the stigmata when angels came down and shot him during prayer)