ST. CONRAD CONFALONIERI, FRANCISCAN HERMIT Feb. 19

ST. CONRAD CONFALONIERI, FRANCISCAN HERMIT

a Franciscan hermit with a cross upon which birds perch. Sometimes he is portrayed as a bearded, old man with a tau staff, bare feet, Franciscan cincture, with small birds fluttering around him (Roeder), or with stags and animals about him (White). He is invoked against hernias (Encyclopedia, White). Feb. 19