St Patrick Mini Wooden Retablo

St. Patrick Retablo - Patron Saint of Engineers and Ireland.
 
Born 385 AD in Scotland to Roman parents, at the age of 14 he was captured by an Irish raiding party and taken back to Ireland as a slave. During his captivity he grew close to God through prayer. God told him in a dream to go to the coast and escape his captivity and so he did.
 
Reunited with his family he studied for the priesthood and eventually became a bishop. He was sent to Ireland to bring the Gospels, fulfilling a dream he had earlier about the Irish begging him to come walk among them again. In forty years he converted all of Ireland.
 
He used the Shamrock to explain the Trinity, thus it is his symbol. He died in 461. Many legends have grown up around St. Patrick. It is said he drove all the snakes out of Ireland (they don't have any) perhaps symbolic for the Druids who used serpent symbolism.
 
Prayer at the back of the retablo: " May you always walk in sunshine, May you never want for more, May  Irish Angels rest their wings right beside your door, May St Patrick guard you wherever you go and guide you in whatever you do and may his loving protection be a great blessing to you."
 
A Retablo is a devotional painting derived from traditional Catholic Church Art, often on rectangular wooden board that illustrate holy images such as Christ, the Virgin Mary or Saints. 
 
Pocket Size - 3.8 x 6.9 cm
Made in USA