But Gaudi is best understood by placing him in ... He embellished his edifices with replicas of soaring trees, multicolored lizards and fossilized bones, and he fitted his structures with ...

Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia basilica, has been put on the path to sainthood by the Catholic Church, the Vatican announced Monday. Gaudi, nicknamed "God's ...

He designed the most famous modernist place of worship and his frequent use of religious imagery has seen him dubbed “God’s architect,” but is Antoni Gaudí worthy of becoming a saint?

In 1926 Gaudí was struck by a tram while walking to church for prayer. Assumed to be a beggar the unconscious Gaudi did not receive immediate care and was eventually taken to a hospital for the ...

VATICAN CITY, April 14 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has approved the first step towards sainthood for Antoni Gaudi, the modernist architect behind Barcelona's "Sagrada Familia" basilica, the Vatican ...

Gaudi designed the unfinished monumental Basilica of the Sagrada Familia A picture taken on September 22, 2016 shows a general view of the current works at the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family ...

Pope Francis declared venerable the giant of Catalan Modernisme, who infused motifs from nature and Christianity into his Sagrada Família and other landmarks. People visit the roof of Antoni ...

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church has put Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica nicknamed “God’s architect”, on the path to sainthood, the Vatican said on ...

Antoni Gaudí’s life was abruptly cut short in 1926 after a tram accident. (Pau Audouard Deglaire /Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) The five others were: Father Nazareno Lanciotti, a martyr from ...

Antoni Gaudí, the celebrated Catalan long nicknamed “God’s architect” for designing Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, has been put on the path to sainthood by the Vatican. In a statement ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis has taken the first step toward making Antoni Gaudí, the famed architect of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, a saint. On Monday (April 14), Pope Francis ...