Saint Samson of Dol

Catholic icon of Saint Samson of Dol 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. Samson was born in South Wales in 485 AD and was the son of Amon of Demetia and Anna of Gwent. Due to a prophecy concerning his birth his parents placed him under the care of Illtud, Abbot of Llantwit Fawr, where he was raised and educated. Samson later sought a greater austerity than his school provided, and so moved to Llantwit's daughter house, the island monastery of Caldey off the coast of Dyfed, Wales. There he became abbot after the death of abbot Pyr. As a cenobitic and later an eremitic monk, he travelled from Caldey to Ireland, where he founded a monastery. Later he travelled to Cornwall, where he founded a community, then the Scilly Isles, Guernsey and Brittany, where he founded the monastery of Dol. He is recorded as having attended a council in Paris between 556 and 573. He was buried in the Cathedral of Dol and his feast day is on July 28.