Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne

Catholic icon of Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne on thick plywood 20mm, which does not sting and keeps its shape over time. Preparation with acrylic stucco and have been used acrylic colors. It has been covered with varnish to keep the colors undiluted in time and humidity. Hanging clip included on the back of the icon.  

St. Aldhelm was born in 639 in Essex. At the age of 15 he became a disciple of St. Maeldub, an Irish ascetic and hermit. In 661 he was tonsured a monk. In 671 Aldhelm left Malmesbury and went to Canterbury to a famous seminary. There he learned the Holy Scriptures, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, the Lives of the Saints, monastic services, grammar, literature, arithmetic, astronomy, geometry, music law, rhetoric and other sciences. Aldhelm became a prominent scholar, writer, poet, musician, singer, pastor, archpastor, teacher and builder of churches. In 671 he was ordained hierodeacon and returned to Malmesbury. In 673 he was ordained hieromonk and from 675 he served as Abbot of Malmesbury until his repose. In 705 he was elected Bishop of Sherborne. He died on May 25, 709.