Why is Saint Joseph depicted as an old man in art?

18Mar

https://aleteia.org/2017/03/20/seeing-saint-joseph-images-from-beyond-the-gospels/

The main sources of our familiar artistic depictions of St. Joseph are, interestingly, not canonical.

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