{"product_id":"saint-paula-of-rome-icon-on-wood","title":"Saint Paula of Rome Icon on Wood – Catholic Sacred Art","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSaint Paula of Rome: pilgrim, monastic founder, and friend of Saint Jerome\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaint Paula of Rome (about 347–404) was born into a prominent Roman family. After becoming a widow, she devoted her resources and energy to prayer, study, care for the poor, and the emerging monastic movement. A close collaborator and supporter of Saint Jerome, she traveled to the Holy Land and settled in Bethlehem, where she founded communities for women and men as well as a hospice for pilgrims. Her life joins rigorous learning with practical charity and hospitality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIconography and spiritual meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula is represented in a dark monastic veil and habit, a visual sign of the radical simplicity she embraced after leaving Roman privilege behind. Her teaching gesture and scroll emphasize spiritual formation: reverence for God is shown not as fearfulness, but as humility that orders knowledge, service, and daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFor prayer and sacred spaces\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis icon is especially appropriate for women’s religious communities, students of Scripture, pilgrims, caregivers, and those who support the Church through hospitality and works of mercy. It is suited to a home prayer corner, monastery, guesthouse, chapel, or parish library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCrafted in Poland\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt Christiana produces the icon in Poland on a carefully prepared linden-wood board. The surface is double-primed, enriched with hand-applied metal leaf, and finished with a direct image-transfer process. A certificate and hanging fixture are fitted on the reverse, and the icon is supplied in a protective presentation box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Christiana","offers":[{"title":"10 x 15 cm","offer_id":57396612301065,"sku":"ACHI428S","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15 x 20 cm","offer_id":57396612333833,"sku":"ACHI428M","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 25 cm","offer_id":57396612366601,"sku":"ACHI428L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30 x 40 cm","offer_id":57396612399369,"sku":"ACHI428XL","price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 x 50 cm","offer_id":57396612432137,"sku":"ACHI428XXL","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/8483\/8153\/files\/achi428-saint-paula-of-rome-icon.jpg?v=1791480405","url":"https:\/\/artchristiana.com\/products\/saint-paula-of-rome-icon-on-wood","provider":"Art Christiana","version":"1.0","type":"link"}