The painting is thought to represent the patron saint of lawyers and advocate of the poor. The figure appears to be holding what the gallery describes as “a legal document, which would be appropriate for Saint Ivo”.
Yes, I know, odd mixtures of things that saints are patrons of at times. But really, lawyers and the poor? Is it actually possible to be patron of two things quite as in opposition as that? SPUC and Planned Parenthood perhaps?
In Hong Kong, Guan Yu is the patron saint of both police and triads.
The Eric Hebborn story is interesting. I wonder if in a few hundred years his forgeries will be worth millions (or billions by then) and forgers will we creating forgeries of his forgeries….
Isn’t that how Michaelangelo started out?
Lawyers and the poor…
I believe the connection is ‘legal aid’.
And pro bono…
St Barbara is the patron of firefighters and firework makers
Blame it on shoddy reading of Wiki. St Ivo of Kermartin
” is the patron of Brittany, lawyers and abandoned children. His feast day is 19 May. Poetically, he is referred to as “Advocate of the Poor”.”
Abandoned children, parental rights etc are all in the realm of lawyers
Britney has her own patron saint??!!
St Lawrence was martyred by being burned alive on a griddle. After a while he called out: “Turn me over, I’m done this side!”
He is therefore the patron saint of chefs and comedians.
A patron saint of lawyers? But presumably no patron saint for their clients. There seems no limit to the bollocks Catholics will believe. And one wonders Chavez & Maduro got elected in Venezuela?
Patron saints of lawyers include
Genesius (also actors and clowns)
Thomas More (also politicians and civil servants)
Yves
Raymond of Penyafort
It is possible that tanners have even more patron saints. I suppose lawyers can achieve bizarre things that can be classed as miracles (successfully defending Jeremy Thorpe, Grenville Janner, Ken Dodd and Peter Adamson surely comes into that league, especially since Adamson confessed his guilt later on)
As for tanners, a good waterproof pair of shoes probably achieves miraculous status
I was thinking of Carman there
ST Barbara also is the patron saint of artillerymen and miners – anyone who uses explosives. All on account of having her father blown up with a lightning strike!
Just like St Benedict being patron of, inter alia, Europe and Land-reclaimers. No SHit Sherlock.
“Blame it on shoddy reading of Wiki. St Ivo of Kermartin…”
Keep reading.
You can see why he got canonized!
“Advocate of the Poor”, not patron saint of them. He was a lawyer who did pro bono work.
“Thomas More (also politicians and civil servants)”
Proving that at least one former pope had a wicked sense of humour.
“He often helped disputing parties settle out of court so they could save money.”
Was he murdered brutally by the paramilitary wing of the bar association?
Inscription I vaguely remember, relevant here:
Saint Yvo, un Breton
Avocat et non larron
Hallelujah!
Somewhere in Megarry I think