As a young man in Rome pursuing classical studies, he engaged in loose and secular behaviors. During a terrible illness, he had a vision that opened him to God and Christianity. He went to live in the desert to do penance for his wild and loose ways as a youth. He was an avid scholar, translator, and writer. He is best known for his translation of the Hebrew Bible into Latin, known as the Vulgate. Toward the end of his life, he went to live with followers in the very cave that Jesus was said to have been born. In the Golden Legend, it is written that he pulled a thorn out of the paw of a lion, who then stayed with him to protect him as he wrote and worked on his translations.
"Show me, O Lord, Your mercy, and delight my heart with it... Seek after me and bring me home again to your fold."
• Material: Baltic Wood, Print
• Size: 1.5" x 3.5" x .175"
• Origin: Taos, New Mexico
• Packaging: Story Card and Muslin Bag
Lynn Garlick Retablos Lynn started carving, painting, and producing her retablos in 1993. Her workshop is located in the high desert town of Taos, New Mexico. The retablo, or “board behind the altar”, was originally created in New Mexico in the 1800’s in response to the lack of Bibles and Icons being sent from the church in Rome. Lynn paints her originals retablos on traditional pine boards carving and then painting them with watercolor or occasionally oil and finishes them with a polyurethane. The originals are then reproduced and mounted on1/8 inch baltic birch. The backs are laser engraved with a prayer or information relating to each saint.
