St Benedict of Nursia

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Portrait of a young Saint Benedict. Known as the father of Western Monasticism.

The background of the image is his Monte Cassino, once of the most famous monasteries in the world. The ravens on his garment represent a story surrounding Benedict that claims he would often feed the bird part of his bread at mealtime. Once, a malicious brother priest poisoned the bread on Benedict’s plate, though the saint knew it had been tainted and commanded the raven to dispose of it - the creature obeyed and flew off with the poisoned bread in his beak.

The Latin above his head reads “Eius in obitu nostro praesentia muniamur” which’s translates to “May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death!” This is traditionally found on the Medal of St Benedict and calls to mind the prayer of a happy death.

DETAILS:
This image bleeds to the edge of the paper with no border. These gallery quality Giclee prints are professionally printed on beautiful 100% cotton archival paper, and with proper care will last a lifetime or more!

Artwork is sold unframed. Cropping ratio on different sizes may change the negative space around the figure slightly.

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Your artwork is packaged flat with the utmost care and shipped directly from the printer to you. Please allow roughly 10-12 days for printing and shipping. You will receive an email when your item has shipped with tracking information. Rush printing and shipping may be available for an extra fee, please email [email protected] for info.

NOTE that computer monitors differ, it is possible that the color you see on your monitor may be slightly different from the actual print.

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