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Holy Card

c.1970 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Fratelli Bonella (Publisher)
Place of origin
Italy (Printed)

Holy card showing a figure holding a crozier and a book next to a cup and a serpent with the words 'March twenty first' and Abbot founder' down the sides and 'St. Benedict' at the bottom on the recto, with text on the verso.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Greetings Cards
Religion
Christianity
Object type
Holy card
Materials and techniques
Print, ink on paper.
Printing Ink
Paper
Print
Brief description
Holy card published by Fratelli Bonella, Italy, c.1970.
Physical description
Holy card showing a figure holding a crozier and a book next to a cup and a serpent with the words 'March twenty first' and Abbot founder' down the sides and 'St. Benedict' at the bottom on the recto, with text on the verso.
Dimensions
  • Width: 6cm
  • Height: 10.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
On recto: 'March twenty first. Abbot founder. St. Benedict' On verso: 'St. Benedict. Abbot Founder. Feast: March 21. Born of a noble family, he fled from the moral dangers that beset him in the world, and retired to a cave near Subiaco to live as a hermit. But disciples flocked to him and he founded a community of monks afterward called the Order of St. Benedict. Their ideal is to labour and to pray. Prayer. St. Benedict, Patriarch of Labor, Father of Peace, teach us to labor and pray in the true spirit of Christian Charity. Heavenly 64. Printed in Italy.'
Credit line
Given by Pauline Meredith Webber
Subject depicted
Saint Benedict of Nursia
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.404-2022

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Record createdMarch 19, 2022
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1713829/holy-card-fratelli-bonella/
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