St. Pope Pius V Worships the Crucified – August Kraus – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality icon and he clearly had a

and he clearly had a deep heart for Mary

The gorgeous colors and design are the work of the great 19th Century Catholic artist

We spent a lot of time restoring this image because we love it

it resides in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

St. Pope Pius V Worships the Crucified – August Kraus – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality icon and he clearly had aSaint Pius V (1504 1572) was born Michael Ghislieri in a poor family in northern Italy, where he worked as a shepherd boy until he was 14. Then he became a Dominican friar. He was pious and devout and soon became an inquisitor of the Inquisition. This was at the time of the breaking apart of Christendom. Protestantism, born out of disobedience to a morally culpable Church hierarchy, and driven by political and commercial powers, had created the flags