Saint Frideswide of Oxford

Catholic icon of Saint Frideswide of Oxford 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. Frideswide was born in Oxford in 680 AD. Very early the young princess showed monastic inclinations. When she was a young girl, she was pursued by the pagan prince of Mercia, Ethelgar, who sought her in marriage. She escaped his intensions by fleeing into the woods of Binsey, to the river Thames and to a village of Oxford. She stayed there for 3 years, using a former pigsty as her cell. She was to found a double monastery on the site of what is now Christchurch Cathedral in Oxford. This was dedicated to Mary the Mother of God. But in order to live alone Frideswide returned to her refuge and built herself a cell in Binsey woods where she lived in prayer. She reposed in 735 AD. Her feast day is on October 19. She is the patron saint of Oxford and of Oxford University.