Product Description
6" Saint Brigid Icon
Product Description
- Beautiful Icon of St. Brigid
- Features deep, bright colors over gold leaf background print process
- Celebrates a beloved Saint of Ireland
Product Details
As a patron saint of Ireland and second only to Saint Patrick, this Saint Brigid (St. Bride) icon enables you to enter into of her soul and heaven. This Saint Brigid icon is made with a print of the stunning original icon painted by Brother Simeon Davis. Saint Brigid is shown holding a cross woven from rushes ("St. Brigid's cross"). This cross was her custom to make when she was instructing the pagans to Christianity, and which are hung anew in Irish homes each year on her feast day. She also holds a bowl of "Saint Brigid's fire," a miraculous fire which burned at her convent for centuries. This Saint Brigid icon measures 4-1/2”W x 6”H and comes with a “keyhole” cut in the back for immediate hanging.
A special printing process is used to make the beautiful icon image and it is mounted on wood. A non-glare satin lamination is then applied along with a UV protective vinyl coating to assist your Saint Brigid icon in lasting for years to come. In addition, this protection makes the surface washable. The Saint Brigid icon is one with a big offering of being obedient to God’s call for your life. Born in Ireland in the 5th Century, St. Brigid's parents were baptized by St. Patrick, with whom she developed a close friendship. Her father was Dubhthach, an Irish chieftain of Lienster, and her mother, Brocca, was a slave at his court. Even as a young girl she evinced an interest for a religious life and took the veil in her youth from St. Macaille at Croghan and probably was professed by St. Mel of Armagh, who is believed to have conferred abbatial authority on her. She settled with seven of her virgins at the foot of Croghan Hill for a time and about the year 468, followed Mel to Meath.
About the year 470 she founded a double monastery at Cill-Dara (Kildare) and was Abbess of the convent, the first in Ireland. The foundation developed into a center of learning and spirituality, and around it grew up the Cathedral city of Kildare. She founded a school of art at Kildare and its illuminated manuscripts became famous, notably the Book of Kildare, which was praised as one of the finest of all illuminated Irish manuscripts before its disappearance three centuries ago. She died at Kildare on February 1. She is buried at Downpatrick with St. Columba and St. Patrick, with whom she is the patron of Ireland. Her name is sometimes Bridget and Bride. Her feast day is February 1.
Dimensions & Specifications
- Measures 4-1/2”W x 6”H
- Mounted on wood and keyholed for hanging
- Non-glare satin lamination
- UV protective vinyl coating
- Durable, washable laminated surface
- Made in the USA
- Print is from the original icon meticulously painted by the hand of Brother Simeon Davis
Safety Information
- No known safety hazards
Shipping Information
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What is your Return & Exchange Policy?
- Within 90 days of purchase date, your product may be returned to St. Patrick's guild with a receipt for exchange or refund. Items returned for refund are paid back by the same method of payment which you originally used. Items returned without a receipt are credited with store credit. We do not require a return authorization number to process returns.
- To send us a return, simply choose your favorite shipping option. Please enclose a copy of your receipt, the reason for return and the best phone number or email address at which we can reach you. Once received, your refund is processed immediately.
