Saint Thecla – Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Wood Frame and has some of that

and has some of that illustration style to it that he'd have in later years

The interior picture which we show for interest was taken by Vanni Lazzari who offers it via Wikimedia with a Creative Commons Attribution License

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Cecilia was a third century virgin martyr who was courted by a Roman official but refused to marry as she was consecrated as a bride of Christ

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Saint Thecla – Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Wood Frame and has some of thatThis serene painting shows a holy soul, St. Thecla, bearing the palm of martyrdom, her face radiating the peace of Christ as she goes to her fate. But Thecla did not die, according to the ancient, apocryphal book, Acts of Paul and Thecla. She was cast to the lions and poisonous snakes, but miraculously, the animals did not hurt her, and she lived. According to the text, she then went on to assist St. Paul in his ministry. She had converted when she'd