St. Peter Canisius deserves remembrance as more than a mere embodiment of 16th-century Counter-Reformation thought. German Jesuit Peter Canisius is known as a saint of the Counter-Reformation.

The painting of St. Peter Canisius probably comes from the 16th century, the work of a monogrammist “AE.” It is held by the Alte Pinakothek in Munich and is the usual depiction of the saint.