Saint Colette of Corbie

230.00

Standard size: 28/21 cm

Technique: tempera on wood, gilding

Materials: tempera, gold leaf, wood panel, varnish

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Description

Saint Colette of Corbie – hand-painted icon, 28x21cm.

Saint Colette was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares. She is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church. Due to a number of miraculous events claimed during her life, she is venerated as a patron saint of women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers, and sick children.