This processional cross depicts four Franciscan saints and was therefore probably commissioned by an establishment of that order. Given the presence of St. Clare, it was probably a community of sisters.
On its recto side, the cross shows Mary, St. Peter, St. John the Evangelist, and St. Mary Magdalene (starting from left and moving clockwise).
On the verso side are St. Francis, St. Louis of Toulouse, St. Clare, and St. Anthony of Padua.
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