▁dep icted ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 5 2 0 ▁painting ▁by ▁Hans ▁Sch ä uf ele in . ▁ ▁Art ▁ ▁Im ages ▁of ▁Saint ▁On u ph ri us ▁were ▁confl ated ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁medieval ▁“ w ild ▁man ". ▁In ▁art , ▁he ▁is ▁dep icted ▁as ▁a ▁wild ▁man ▁completely ▁covered ▁with ▁hair , ▁we aring ▁a ▁g ird le ▁of ▁leaves . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁dep icted ▁at ▁S nake ▁Church ▁( Y il an l ı ▁Kil ise ) ▁in ▁the ▁Gö reme ▁valley ▁open - air ▁museum ▁in ▁C app ad ocia , ▁Turkey . ▁ ▁He ▁became ▁the ▁patron ▁saint ▁of ▁we a vers ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁dep icted ▁" d ress ed ▁only ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁abund ant ▁hair , ▁and ▁a ▁lo in - cl oth ▁of ▁leaves ". ▁ ▁He ▁( S . ▁On of rio ) ▁was ▁named ▁co - s aint ▁patron ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Pal ermo ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 0 . ▁ ▁Name ▁variants ▁His ▁name ▁appears ▁very ▁various ly ▁as ▁On u ph ri us , ▁On ou ph ri us , ▁On of ri us ; ▁and ▁in ▁different ▁languages ▁as ▁On of re ▁( Port ug uese , ▁Spanish ), ▁On of rio ▁( Ital ian ), ▁etc . ▁In ▁Arab ic , ▁the ▁saint ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁Ab ū ▁N uf ir ▁() ▁or ▁as ▁No fer ▁( ), ▁which , ▁besides ▁being ▁a ▁variant ▁of ▁the