St. Augustine washes the feet of the pilgrim Christ

The magnificent canvas that we have the pleasure of presenting to you today depicts the washing of the feet of the pilgrim Christ, an episode taken from the original narration of the Gospel of John 13, 1-15 "Jesus washing the feet of his apostles". It is a legendary Augustinian iconography, apparently born in Spain, to underline the importance of welcoming the wanderer: Jesus appears in disguise, precisely as a pilgrim, to Augustine who washes his feet as a sign of hospitality. The scene represents the precise moment in which the hermit recognizes the Messiah in the traveler and understands that the time has come to return to the world, placing himself at the service of the Son of