He is depicted without the stigmata , but the image is a religious image and not a portrait .
The oldest surviving depiction of Saint Francis is a fresco near the entrance of the Benedictine abbey of Subiaco , painted between March 1228 and March 1229 .
Saint Francis is depicted without the stigmata , but the image is a religious image and not a portrait .
The oldest surviving depiction of Saint Francis is a fresco near the entrance of the Benedictine abbey of Subiaco , painted between March 1228 and March 1229 .