Saint Paul the Confessor and Archbishop of Constantinople

Orthodox icon of Saint Paul the Confessor and Archbishop of Constantinople 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. Paul was from Thessaloniki, Greece, presbyter and secretary to the aged bishop Alexander of Constantinople. In 337 Paul was elected and consecrated by bishops who happened to be at Constantinople in the Church of Peace. In 339 Emperor Constantius II declared Paul unfit for the bishopric, and banished him. He went to Rome where he met Athanasius, who also had been expelled from his See. Paul returned to Constantinople. Eusebius died in 341, and Paul was reinstated as bishop. But Emperor Constantius II ordered Paul to be driven from the city. Paul seems to have retired to Triers, but returned to Constantinople in 344, with letters of recommendation from Constans, the emperor of the West, who wrote to Constantius, that should Paul not receive his patriarchal see, he would attack him. Emperor Constantius II only allowed Paul's re-establishment for fear of his brother's arms, and Paul's situation in the East continued very uneasy, for he had much to suffer from the power and malice of the Arian party. Emperor Constans died in 350. Emperor Constantius II, in Antioch, ordered Philippus, prefect of the East, to once more expel Paul and to put Macedonius in his place. Paul was later loaded with chains and taken to Singara in Mesopotamia, then to Emesa, and finally to Cucusus in Cappadocia. Here he was confined in a close, dark place, and left to starve to death. After he had passed six days without food, he was, to the great disappointment of his enemies, found alive. Upon which they strangled him, and gave out that he died after a short sickness. His feast day is on November 6.