Saint Julia the Virgin Martyr of Corsica

Catholic icon of Saint Julia the Virgin Martyr of Corsica 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. Julia was a Carthaginian girl who, after being captured from her city, came into the service of a man named Eusebius. When her own duties were done and she was granted the servant's time off, she spent her spare time either in reading or insisting on praying. She grew pale and thin from fasting despite the threats and blandishments of her master, but her mind, intent on Heaven, fed daily on God's words. Eusebius rowing hard for Gaul with an expensive cargo, anchored at Cap Corse for the night. From a distance he saw that sacrifices were about to be conducted by the pagans and immediately descended with all his people to attend. While they were celebrating by becoming intoxicated and Julia was sighing deeply for their error it was announced to Felix by his satellites that there was a girl in the ship who derided the worship of the gods. When Eusebius became intoxicated and fell into a deep sleep, straightway they boarded the ship and placed Julia on the shore. The provincial governor said to her to sacrifice to the gods and she would be dissolved from the bond of her state. When Julia refused the tribune ordered that she be struck blows to the face. Then he ordered that she be tortured by the hair, then she was flogged and to be placed on the patibulum of a cross. Eusebius was awakened, but the Saint was already dead. Her feast day is on July 16 and is the patron saint of the island Corsica, the city of Livorno, torture victims and pathologies of the hands and the feet.