SAN GAETANO Thiene (October 1480 - 7 August 1547); Italian presbyter; with the infant Jesus and a lily; the iconography often sees him represented with the Child in reference to an episode in which; being in the Christmas period at the Altar of the Nativity; he was kidnapped in ecstasy and witnessed the miraculous birth of the Virgin. Founder of the Order of Theatine Regular Clerics; for his loving charity in assisting the needy and the Incurable he is called the Saint of Divine Providence; canonized on 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X; it is commemorated on 7 August; the day of his death (Dies Natalis; birth into heaven). Colored engraving from the early 19th century