St. Nicholas – Heinrich Lefler – Catholic Art Print Catholic painting Céline Martin

Céline Martin

doves mean the faithful

We've spent a lot of time looking at this painting

stretched on a wooden frame

The colors and arrangement are subtle and delicate

St. Nicholas – Heinrich Lefler – Catholic Art Print Catholic painting Céline MartinSt. Nicholas was a real person, a real canonized Saint. He was a Bishop in the 4th Century in a town called Myra of present day Turkey. He was persecuted under the Emperor Diocletian, and after being freed by Constantine attended the Council of Nicea in 325. One of the legends about his kindness was of helping three sisters . They were so poor they had no dowry, and at that time it meant they could not get married and instead faced a life of