Saint Lambert Bishop of Maastricht

Catholic icon of Saint Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht, 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. Lambert was the Bishop of Maastricht-Liege from about 670 until his death. He was the son of Apre, lord of Loon, and his wife Herisplindis, both from noble families of Maastricht. The child was baptized by his godfather, the local bishop Remaclus, and educated by Landoald, archpriest of the city and head of the noble abbey school in Wintershoven. When Theodard was murdered soon after 669, the councillors of Childeric made Lambert bishop of Maastricht. After Childeric himself was murdered in 675, the faction of Ebroin, majordomo of Neustria and the power behind that throne, expelled him from his see, in favor of their candidate, Faramundus. Lambert spent seven years in exile at the recently founded Abbey of Stavelot. The bishop was murdered at Liège by the troops of Dodon. His feast day is on September 17 and is the patron saint of Liege.