Description: Pocket Size Retablo: Approximately 2½” x 1½” - Made by hand in the USA This collection represents blessings and protection with patronages and prayers to address most aspects of our daily lives. Inscription on back: (see pictures) San Martin de Porres Patronage: Barbers/Hairdressers, People of Mixed Race, Public Health Workers, Children and Peruvian Television"Gentle and loving San Martin, you gave unconditionally to anyone with kindness and humility of heart. May we learn from your example to accept all races and cultures rich or poor living without judgment and always moving with kindness."Description: Martin was born in Lima, Peru the illegitimate son of a Peruvian conquistador and a freed slave. Martin's father abandoned him, his mother and his younger sister, leaving Martin to grow up in deep poverty. After spending just two years in primary school, Martin was placed with a barber/surgeon where he would learn to cut hair and the medical arts. He experienced, throughout his lifetime, a great deal of ridicule for being of mixed-race. He became a Dominican monk and opened a hospital, orphanage and an animal clinic. He was a man of great heart and compassion known for his vegetarian lifestyle, social work, and unique healing powers. San Martin de Porres is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony. ************************************************************************************************************************************************Carry a pocket saint/angel: Some people carry saint/angels because it is their patron saint, as a devotion or a reminder of devotion and prayer. They are also carried as a sort of protection, that is, if the saint/angel is blessed. People carry pocket saint/angels with devotion, commitment, affection, and love. Display a retablo: They are displayed in homes to honor the saint/angel or given as gifts of fortune and inspiration, retablos reflect a beloved historical tradition and cultural artistry.History: The retablo, or ʻboard behind the altarʼ, was originally created in New Mexico in the 1800ʼs in response to the lack of Bibles and Icons being sent from the church in Rome. The Santero (saint maker) painted retablos from pigment collected and ground from the local surroundings. The boards were hand hewed usually of ponderosa pine or tin. The practice has carried down through the generations and is still done this way today. Artist: Lynn Garlick: Her original designs are hand-carved and painted with watercolor or occasionally oil on the traditionally used ponderosa pine planks. Then the high quality prints of the originals are decoupaged onto pine boards, in an old school technique used for the Italian altar screens of medieval Europe and are finished with polyurethane. These prints are produced with a deep appreciation of the santero and what has come before.
Price: 7.99 USD
Location: Hillsborough, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-10-04T16:30:59.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.45 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Material: Wood
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
