1680s
Saint Peregrine
Antonino GranoItalian, 1660 - 1718
Highly in demand as a painter in his hometown of Palermo and elsewhere, Antonino Grano also made etchings that he intended for use in personal devotions. As the inscription indicates, Saint Peregrine is a first-century Catholic saint venerated on January 30 as the first bishop of the diocese of Triocala in Sicily.
The etching shows the saint vanquishing a dragon that had been terrorizing the Sicilian town of Caltabellotta, accompanied by a small boy he rescued from being fed to the monster.
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