Nicolás Factor


Nicolás Factor

Painting.
Priest
Born29 June 1520
Valencia, Habsburg Spain
Died23 December 1583(1583-12-23) (aged 63)
Valencia, Habsburg Spain
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified27 August 1786, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius VI
Feast23 December
AttributesFranciscan habit
Skull
Fire
PatronagePainters

Nicolás Factor (29 June 1520 – 23 December 1583) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor as well as a painter of the Renaissance period. Factor served as an apt preacher across his region - despite wanting to be sent to the foreign missions - and was noted for his practices of self-mortification before he gave sermons.

Pope Pius VI beatified Factor on 27 August 1786.