. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. and the silver hair and beard, fillup the outline suggested by the imagination. Over the entrance of his church at Paris is a fine circularwindow of stained glass, representing St. Vincent surroundedby the Sisters of Charity. Oct. i9. St. Peter of Alcantara, one of the latest of the canonisedFranciscans, was born at Alcantara in Estramadura, in 1499,and, after a long life of sanctification, died in 1562; he wascanonised by Clement IX., 1669. Of this friar we have theoft-repeated legend of walking on the water, through trust in
. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. and the silver hair and beard, fillup the outline suggested by the imagination. Over the entrance of his church at Paris is a fine circularwindow of stained glass, representing St. Vincent surroundedby the Sisters of Charity. Oct. i9. St. Peter of Alcantara, one of the latest of the canonisedFranciscans, was born at Alcantara in Estramadura, in 1499,and, after a long life of sanctification, died in 1562; he wascanonised by Clement IX., 1669. Of this friar we have theoft-repeated legend of walking on the water, through trust in Munich Gai. God. About the time he was canonised, CI audio Coello paintedan exceedingly fine picture of this subject. The saint appearswalking on the sea, with a terrified lay brother at his side :pointing up to heaven, he calmly bids him trust, like Peter,in divine aid. The picture is life-size, and struck me as admir-ably fine—dramatic, without exaggeration. I give a sketchfrom it. Another beautiful picture of this saint, by Murillo, ST. JOHN CAPISTKANO. 351. 67 St. Peter of Alcantara walking on the Sea. was in the Aguado Gallery; it represents him kneeling at hisdevotions, and the Holy Dove hovering over his head. St. John Capistrano is only met with in late pictures. At Oct. time that all Europe was thrown into consternation by thecapture of Constantinople by the Turks, the popes, EugeniusIV., Nicholas V., and Pius II., endeavoured to set on foot acrusade for the defence of Christendom, and sent forth thiseloquent and enthusiastic friar to preach through Europe. At the siege of Belgrade, where Mahomet was repulsed bythe brave Hungarians under John Corvinus, the Franciscan was everywhere seen with his crucifix in his hand,encouraging the troops, and even leading them on against the 352 LEGENDS OP THE MONASTIC ORDERS. infidels. He died the same year, and was canonised byAlexander VIII. in 1690, a few years after the deliveranceof Vienna from the T
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