Saint Camilla

Catholic icon of Saint Camilla 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. Camilla was born out of wedlock in Camerino, Macerata, in the Marche region of Italy, the daughter of noblewoman Cecchina di Maestro Giacomo and Giulio Cesare da Varano, the Duke of Camerino. Her father did all in his power to force her into marriage and imprisoned her for 3 years. Camilla resisted her father's plan so firmly that her father gave his consent to her becoming a nun. On November 14, 1481, she entered the Poor Clare monastery at Urbino. On January 4, 1484 Camilla and 8 other nuns transferred to the new Monastery of Santa Maria Nuova at Camerino. Her father founded a new monastery of that Order at Camerino, and presented it to his daughter. By the time she turned 35 years of age, she was elected Abbess for the first time. She was elected abbess of her monastery in 1500 and she was re-elected in 1507, 1513 and 1515. She died in her monastery in Camerino during a plague on 31 March 1524, on the feast of Corpus Christi, at the age of 66. Her feast day is on May 31.