Benedictine Cards & Icons
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From Conception Abbey
ST. BENEDICT ICON
& NOTE CARDS
Saint Benedict of Nursia lived in Italy from about 480 to 547 AD. He was not the founder of Christian monasticism, but he made an enormous contribution to it by writing his Rule for Monks, still used by a great many monasteries and convents around the world.
Unlike most icons of St. Benedict which portray him as a rather grumpy looking old man, this contemporary icon by Sr. Mary Charles McGough, OSB. shows him at a younger age, abbot's staff in one hand and his famous rule in the other, accompanied by a raven and thorn bush, symbols of his life as a hermit in Subiaco. The back of the note card describes significant elements in the icon along with a short biography.
Icons mounted on solid, natural wood
Small icon is 4" x 5.2"
Large icon is 8" x 10.4"
10 blank cards with envelopes.
4 1/2" x 6 1/8"
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