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The Retablo, or ʻboard behind the altarʼ art form, was originally created in New Mexico in the 1800ʼs, and has been handed down the generations to this day. Lynn Garlick has created this unique two sided icon of Saint Catherine of Siena, patron of Nurses
Backside reads: St. Catherine of Siena. Nurses, Philosophers, Miscarriages. Words of St. Catherine:
"You are rewarded not according to your work or your time,
but according to the measure of your love."
About the Saint: St. Catherine of Siena 1347-1380 AD. A tertiary of the Dominican order, she was a great philosopher and theologian of the church. Catherine was the daughter of a wool dyer and a local poet. She was the 24th of 25 children and started having visions at the age of six. She worked with the sick and needy. She was brilliant and charismatic, and attained a following of both men and women. She never had a formal education, but became friends with the Pope and many leaders of her time. She persuaded the Pope to return to Rome from Avignon, and at the time of her death she was working to heal the Great Western Schism. Catherine did receive stigmata which only showed after her death.
Dimensions: 2.75" H X 1.5" W
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