ST. LUCY OF MARILLAC

Reference: ART. 316/60

Condition: New product

Statue of St. Lucy of Marillac, 60 cm of fiberglass, handmade in Italy.

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Time of realization about 30/40 days

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Fiberglass statue, internally empty and very light. It is suitable to be carried during the processions. The manufacturing is entirely manual. When the two parts are linked, there is the finishing of the statue and it is perfectly smoothed, then the statue goes through the coloring section. The skilled decorators hand paint using particolar varnishes, conforming to the traditional iconography. The fiberglass is a plastic material, very resistant and humidity absorber which is used in many sectors: industry, furnitures, building of boats, airplanes, vehicles, garden swimmingpool etc.

Storia

Saint Lucy del Marillac is commemorated on the 15th of March. She was born in Paris in 1591 and she died there In 1660.

She wanted to become a monk, but her confessor suggested her to marry Antonio Le Gras.

In 1635, after her husband’s death, Louise became the co-founder, with St. Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. Louise was their superior until her death.

She was beatified in 1920 and she was canonized in 1934. She is represented as a young nun with a baby.