The Basilica of St Bernardino all'Osservanza

The Devotion to the Name of Jesus

  • Bernardino’s sermons began to be successful in Milan as early as in 1418, when he began to spread the cult of the tablet with a sun painted in the centre bearing the “JHS” (Jesus Hominum Salvator - Jesus the Saviour of Men) trigram. The devotion to the Name of Jesus encouraged by Bernardino gave rise to great enthusiasm and strong vexation at the same time. The zeal of his faith and his . . .