Saint Sunniva

Catholic icon of Saint Sunniva 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. Sunniva was the heir of an Irish kingdom, but had to flee when an invading heathen king wanted to marry her. She and her followers settle the uninhabited islands of Selja and Kinn in Norway during the reign of the pagan king Jarl Hakon Siguroarson. Their Norwegian neighbors on the mainland suspect the Christians of stealing sheep and complain to the King. He arrives on Selja with a group of armed men, intending to kill the inhabitants. When the Christians realize what is happening they hide in caves and pray to God to collapse the caves to spare them from being ravaged by Hakon and his men. The caves collapse and kill all of them. The incorrupt body of St. Sunniva was found by the King of Norway and Bishop Sigurd, when two farmers saw a supernatural light over the island. Her feast day is on July 8 and is the patron saint of the Norwegian Church of Norway, the Diocese of Bjorgvin and of Western Norway.