St. Lawrence of Rome (PM 04) Standard
Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Lawrence of Rome from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: August + If you prefer a white or solid colored background, simply delete the parchment image. Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #B (gold), #D0E (brown), #EEE (red),#BF (mauve), # (medium green), # (dark green), and #FDE0B4 (peachy cream).
St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury Prayer Holy
Beautiful prayer seeking the Intercession of St. Thomas Becket Almighty God, you granted your martyr, Thomas Becket, the grace to give his life willingly for the freedom of your Church. By his prayers make us willing to renounce our life in this world for Christ so that we may find it in heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Blessed Titus Brandsma Carmelite Priest Holy
Bl. Titus Brandsma (): Born in The Netherlands. As a Carmelite priest he taught philosophy and was a professional journalist. In the ’s he fought against the Nazi ideology and for the freedom of Catholic education and the Catholic press. For this he was arrested and was killed at Dachau in . Quote on the back: “Stay with me, Jesus, my delight, your presence near makes all things right.” (Painting from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin, )
Blessed Titus Brandsma Carmelite Priest Holy
Bl. Titus Brandsma (): Born in The Netherlands. As a Carmelite priest he taught philosophy and was a professional journalist. In the ’s he fought against the Nazi ideology and for the freedom of Catholic education and the Catholic press. For this he was arrested and was killed at Dachau in . Quote on the back: “Stay with me, Jesus, my delight, your presence near makes all things right.” (Painting from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin, )
Saints Perpetua and Felicity Square
Saints Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs of the 3rd century.
St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury Prayer Holy
Beautiful prayer seeking the Intercession of St. Thomas Becket Almighty God, you granted your martyr, Thomas Becket, the grace to give his life willingly for the freedom of your Church. By his prayers make us willing to renounce our life in this world for Christ so that we may find it in heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
St. Timothy Bishop Martyr Prayer Holy
St. Timothy was a Bishop and Martyr. His Feast Day is January . He is the patron saint of stomach ailments and disorders.
St. Peter the Apostle (PM 07) Standard
St. Peter the Apostle (1st century) hardly requires an introduction. First in honor among the twelve apostles, he was the rock upon which Christ Jesus Himself established His nascent church. Martyred at Rome c. , St. Peter was crucified upside down so as not to emulate too closely Christ’s death on the cross. + St. Peter is patron of the universal Church. + Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Peter the Apostle from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of Catholic ephemera. + Feast: June + If you prefer a white or solid colored background, simply delete the parchment image. Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #CD (gold), # (brown), #BFA6 (mauve), #FFDC (yellow), and #F (red).
St. Agatha (M 003) FB Standard
Matching business card wallet available. + Detail of an antique chromolithograph published between and by A. & M. B. of a painting The Martyrdom of St. Agatha, Virgin (Martirio di Sant’Agata) by Filippo Paladini () in the Cathedral of St. Agatha (Cattedrale di Sant’Agata or Duomo di Catania), Catania, Italy (from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera). The original painting is located in the Chapel of St. Agatha, the fifth along the left-hand side of the cathedral’s nave. + Feast: February 5 + All text is in a very dark brown (#4CC).
St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr (PM 08) FB Standard
Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: December + If you prefer a white or solid colored background on the back, simply delete the parchment image. Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #CE (gold), #5A3C (brown), #FD (red), #BF (mauve), and #B7AB (green).
St. Paul the Apostle (PM 06) Full Bleed
St. Paul the Apostle (1st century) is widely regarded as the second founder of Christianity. Through his prolific writings and tireless travels, St. Paul pulled off one of the biggest public relations coups in history: he took a local, predominantly Jewish religious movement and promoted it among the Gentiles into a world religion. He was martyred at Rome c. by beheading. His attributes are a book of his writings, the Epistles, and a sword, the instrument of his martyrdom. St. Paul is the patron saint of reporters, journalists, and public relations personnel. + Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Paul the Apostle from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: June + If you prefer a white or solid colored background on the back, simply delete the parchment image. Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #BA8E2B (gold), # (brown), #BBB (green), #FD (red), #AB7F (violet), and #FFDC (yellow).
Saint Timothy the first Christian bishop of Ephes Square
Saint Timothy was an early Christian evangelist and the first Christian bishop of Ephesus.
NeoGothic St. Cecilia of Rome (BNG 02)
In this splendid NeoGothic Swiss devotional print, St. Cecilia of Rome (3rd century) is depicted playing an upright pipe organ. Her long auburn hair hangs loose and tumbles over her shoulders and down her back. She wears a medieval-style, cream-colored gown lined in green over a dark red-orange kirtle. The gown has a square neckline and bell sleeves. + On the print’s left is a potted lily plant. In the religious language of flowers, lilies signify purity. Despite her private vow of virginity, St. Cecilia was forced into an arranged marriage with a pagan named Valerian. The marriage was never consummated. The long and the short of it is that her new husband, having seen an apparition of the angel that guarded his wife’s virtue, converted to Christianity and respected her vow. + Against the aqua background patterned with gold dots and stars, two angels hover in the space above St. Cecilia. Clad in salmon pink, one angel holds an unfurled scroll; clad in green, the other angel plays a portative or hand-held organ. It is said that on her wedding day, St. Cecilia “sang in her heart to the Lord” instead of reveling; hence, her patronage of musicians (especially organists) and singers as represented by the two angels. + The entire scene is enclosed in a NeoGothic architectural framework and a border with colorful floral bosses. + Epilog: St. Cecilia, her husband St. Valerian, and her brother-in-law St. Tiburtius were all martyred. But, that’s a story for another day! + Feast: November + Image Credit (BNG ): Antique NeoGothic image of St. Cecilia, originally published in chromolithography by Benziger & Co., Einsiedeln, Switzerland, late th-early th century, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera.
NeoGothic St. Cecilia of Rome (BNG 02)
In this splendid NeoGothic Swiss devotional print, St. Cecilia of Rome (3rd century) is depicted playing an upright pipe organ. Her long auburn hair hangs loose and tumbles over her shoulders and down her back. She wears a medieval-style, cream-colored gown lined in green over a dark red-orange kirtle. The gown has a square neckline and bell sleeves. + On the print’s left is a potted lily plant. In the religious language of flowers, lilies signify purity. Despite her private vow of virginity, St. Cecilia was forced into an arranged marriage with a pagan named Valerian. The marriage was never consummated. The long and the short of it is that her new husband, having seen an apparition of the angel that guarded his wife’s virtue, converted to Christianity and respected her vow. + Against the aqua background patterned with gold dots and stars, two angels hover in the space above St. Cecilia. Clad in salmon pink, one angel holds an unfurled scroll; clad in green, the other angel plays a portative or hand-held organ. It is said that on her wedding day, St. Cecilia “sang in her heart to the Lord” instead of reveling; hence, her patronage of musicians (especially organists) and singers as represented by the two angels. + The entire scene is enclosed in a NeoGothic architectural framework and a border with colorful floral bosses. + Epilog: St. Cecilia, her husband St. Valerian, and her brother-in-law St. Tiburtius were all martyred. But, that’s a story for another day! + Feast: November + Image Credit (BNG ): Antique NeoGothic image of St. Cecilia, originally published in chromolithography by Benziger & Co., Einsiedeln, Switzerland, late th-early th century, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera.
St. Cecilia of Rome (SNV 36, Style 2)
Matching business card wallets and desktop business card holders available + In this splendid image, St. Cecilia (3rd century) is seated at a pipe organ; an angel, serving as calcant, works its bellows. A scroll in Latin between the two figures reads: “+Cantate Domino et benedicite nomini ejus” which translates “+Sing to the Lord and bless His name (Psalm :2)”. + Image Credit (SNV ): Antique image of St. Cecilia of Rome from a late nineteenth-century devotional print, artwork by J. Klein, chromoxylography by H[einrich] Knoefler (), published by St. Norbert Book- and Art Printing, Vienna, Austria. From the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: November
St. Agnes of Rome (MH 01)
Matching business card wallets available + Image Credit (MH ): Antique image of St. Agnes of Rome from a late th-early th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents, originally published by Max Hirmer, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: January
St. Barbara (JP 01) FB Standard
Matching business card wallet available. + Image Credit (JP ): Antique image of St. Barbara of Nicomedia from an chromolithographic devotional print originally published by J. Petyt, Bruges, Belgium, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: December 4 + + All text is in very dark brown (#D1A).
St. Agatha (M 003) FB Standard
Matching business card wallet available. + Detail of an antique chromolithograph published between and by A. & M. B. of a painting The Martyrdom of St. Agatha, Virgin (Martirio di Sant’Agata) by Filippo Paladini () in the Cathedral of St. Agatha (Cattedrale di Sant’Agata or Duomo di Catania), Catania, Italy (from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera). TThe original painting is located in the Chapel of St. Agatha, the fifth along the left-hand side of the cathedral’s nave. + Feast: February 5 + All text is in a very dark brown (#4CC).
Pink St. Agatha (M 003) FB Standard
Matching business card wallet available. + St. Agatha is invoked against breast cancer. Here, in this detail from a famous Italian Mannerist painting, her garments have been changed from cream and aqua blue to shades of pink. Pink is the internationally recognized color symbolic of breast cancer awareness. + Adapted detail of an antique chromolithograph published between and by A. & M. B. of a painting The Martyrdom of St. Agatha, Virgin (Martirio di Sant’Agata) by Filippo Paladini () in the Cathedral of St. Agatha (Cattedrale di Sant’Agata or Duomo di Catania), Catania, Italy (from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera). The original painting is located in the Chapel of St. Agatha, the fifth along the left-hand side of the cathedral’s nave. + Feast: February 5 + October is breast cancer awareness month. + All text is in maroon (#C).
St. Agatha (M 003) FB Standard
Matching business card wallet available. + Detail of an antique chromolithograph published between and by A. & M. B. of a painting The Martyrdom of St. Agatha, Virgin (Martirio di Sant’Agata) by Filippo Paladini () in the Cathedral of St. Agatha (Cattedrale di Sant’Agata or Duomo di Catania), Catania, Italy (from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera). The original painting is located in the Chapel of St. Agatha, the fifth along the left-hand side of the cathedral’s nave. + Feast: February 5 + All text is in a very dark brown (#4CC).
St. Paul the Apostle (PM 06) Standard
St. Paul the Apostle (1st century) is widely regarded as the second founder of Christianity. Through his prolific writings and tireless travels, St. Paul pulled off one of the biggest public relations coups in history: he took a local, predominantly Jewish religious movement and promoted it among the Gentiles into a world religion. He was martyred at Rome c. by beheading. His attributes are a book of his writings, the Epistles, and a sword, the instrument of his martyrdom. St. Paul is the patron saint of reporters, journalists, and public relations personnel. + Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Paul the Apostle from a late th-century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of Catholic ephemera. + Feast: June
St. Cecilia of Rome (BK 003) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + To choose a new background or text color, see the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + Image Credit (BK ): Antique image of St. Cecilia of Rome from a late th-early th century chromolithographic devotional print, originally published by B. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: November
SS. Philip & James the Less (RLS 15) Rack 1
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Except for their Apostleship, there is little in the Gospels to link St. Philip and St. James the Less. The reason these Apostles celebrate a joint feast is circumstantial: Their earthly remains—or at least portions of them–are kept together in a church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to them on 1 May ?. + Both the church and the feast have overgone considerable changes since then, however. Today the church, a minor basilica, is dedicated to *all* of the Apostles and is known as the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles (Basilica Santi Apostoli in Italian). And, under the current General Roman Calendar the feast is held on May 3, the date having been shifted in when Pope Pius XII instituted the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, an Optional Memorial which coincides with May Day (International Workers’ Day). + Image Source (RLS ): Antique image in chromolithography with gilt accents of SS. Philip and James (the Less) from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: May 3 + Feel free to change the background color. The ‘Red Letter Saints’ palette is the same for all nineteen images from the book with minor variations. It consists of the following colors (with hex codes): cream (#FEEFBE), medium yellow (#F1D), medium yellow-green (#), medium light aqua (#ACCBB1), medium dark aqua (#8CAC), mauve (#E6BEA5), salmon pink (#FAAE8B), peach (#F5BD), brownish orange (#EB), beige (#E8C6A1), dark gold (#E), and dark red-brown (#). Choose as you will! + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figures’ outlines.
St. Agatha (M 003) Holder
Matching business cards available + Detail of an antique chromolithograph published between and by A. & M. B. of a painting The Martyrdom of St. Agatha, Virgin (Martirio di Sant’Agata) by Filippo Paladini () in the Cathedral of St. Agatha (Cattedrale di Sant’Agata or Duomo di Catania), Catania, Italy (from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera). The original painting is located in the Chapel of St. Agatha, the fifth along the left-hand side of the cathedral’s nave. + Feast: February 5
St. James the Greater (RLS 05) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Image Source (RLS ): Antique image of St. James the Great(er) in chromolithography with gilt accents from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Feast: July + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline. + The ‘Red Letter Saints’ palette is the same for all nineteen images from the book with minor variations. It consists of the following colors (with hex codes): cream (#FEEFBE), medium yellow (#F1D), medium yellow-green (#), medium light aqua (#ACCBB1), medium dark aqua (#8CAC), mauve (#E6BEA5), salmon pink (#FAAE8B), peach (#F5BD), brownish orange (#EB), beige (#E8C6A1), dark gold (#E), and dark red-brown (#). Choose as you will!
St. Barnabas the Apostle (RLS 02; Style 2) Rack
A Cypriote Jew by birth originally named Joseph or Joses, St. Barnabas (1st century) was probably one of the Seventy-Two Disciples of Christ Jesus before the Crucifixion (Luke :). He arose to greater prominence after Pentecost and is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles. Having sold all his property, Barnabas contributed the proceeds to the Apostles in Jerusalem thereafter living communally with other believers. He may have been a fellow student of Gamaliel the Elder with St. Paul before the latter’s conversion on the road to Damascus. At any rate, Barnabas was responsible for introducing to and gaining acceptance for Paul among the Apostles despite his earlier persecution of Jesus’ followers. Sent by the Apostles to care for the Jewish Christian community in Antioch, Syria, Barnabas enlisted Paul as assistant. In a reversal of roles, he later became Paul’s traveling companion and fellow missionary to the Gentiles. Later, he evangelized on his own with his cousin John Mark in Cyprus and perhaps Alexandria and even Rome according to some accounts. He was martyred c. at Salamis on Cyprus probably by stoning although other sources say he was burned to death. His principal attribute is a handwritten copy of the Gospel of St. Matthew that carried with him everywhere. Secondarily, stones or a flame allude to his martyrdom. + Together with St. Paul, St. Barnabas is regarded as an honorary Apostle. He is regarded as the founder of the Church in Cyprus. He is invoked a peacekeeper for his role in reconciling Paul with the Apostles and the Judaizers with the Gentile Christian community. He is also invoked against hailstorms. + Feast: June +Image Credit (RLS ): Figural and ornamental details have been extracted from the antique image of St. Barnabas the Apostle in chromolithography with gilt accents illustrating the book Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline.
St. Bartholomew the Apostle (RLS 03) (Style 2) Rack
Add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a solid colored background? Simply delete the tiled graphic. Solid color recommendations appear below. + Image Source (RLS ): Figural and ornamental details extracted from an antique image of St. Bartholomew the Apostle in chromolithography with gilt accents from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Feast: August + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline. + The ‘Red Letter Saints’ palette is the same for all nineteen images from the book with minor variations. It consists of the following colors (with hex codes): cream (#FEEFBE), medium yellow (#F1D), medium yellow-green (#), medium light aqua (#ACCBB1), medium dark aqua (#8CAC), mauve (#E6BEA5), salmon pink (#FAAE8B), peach (#F5BD), brownish orange (#EB), beige (#E8C6A1), dark gold (#E), and dark red-brown (#). Choose as you will!
St. Paul the Apostle (PM 06) Customizable Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Paul the Apostle from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: June + Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #BA8E2B (gold), # (brown), #BBB (green), #FD (red), #AB7F (violet), and #FFDC (yellow).
2-sided St. Barbara of Nicomedia (JP 01)
Unpersonalized sheet of paper printed on both sides. The figure of St. Barbara has been hidden on the back. You can unhide her if you wish. + Note well: Because its use results in a very strong golden cast, the speckled paper is not recommended for this design. + Image Credit (JP ): Antique image of St. Barbara Nicomedia from an chromolithographic devotional print originally published by J. Petyt, Bruges, Belgium, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: December 4 + All text is in very dark brown (#D1A).
St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr (PM 08) Custom Blank
Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr from a late th-century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: December + Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #CE (gold), #5A3C (brown), #FD (red), #BF (mauve), and #B7AB (green).
St. John the Baptist (RLS 07) (Style 1) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Image Source (RLS ): Antique image in chromolithography with gilt accents of St. John the Baptist from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Feasts: June (birth) and August (death) + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline. + Feel free to change the background color. The ‘Red Letter Saints’ palette is the same for all nineteen images from the book with minor variations. It consists of the following colors (with hex codes): cream (#FEEFBE), medium yellow (#F1D), medium yellow-green (#), medium light aqua (#ACCBB1), medium dark aqua (#8CAC), mauve (#E6BEA5), salmon pink (#FAAE8B), peach (#F5BD), brownish orange (#EB), beige (#E8C6A1), dark gold (#E), and dark red-brown (#). Choose as you will!
St. Mark the Evangelist (RLS 09) (Style 2) Rack
Add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out! + Image Source (RLS ): Figural and ornamental details extracted from an antique image in chromolithography with gilt accents of St. Mark the Evangelist from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Feast: April + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline.
SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles (JMAS 01) Rack
Add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different background color? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + Image Credit (JMAS ): Antique image of SS. Peter and Paul from a late th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents originally published by Josef Müller, Art Publisher, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. The image is one of twelve in the publisher’s Apostle Series (No. ). + Feast: June + The lush floral ornamentation derives from miniatures, that is, the small illustrations used to decorate ancient or medieval illuminated manuscripts, in the Vatican Library.
St. Agnes of Rome (BC 01) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different background color? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + Image Credit (BC ): Antique image of St. Agnes of Rome from a late th-early th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents, originally published by Buysse-Caals, Mechelen, Belgium, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: January
St. Barbara with Artillery (M 007) Rack
Image Credit (M ): Antique image of St. Barbara of Nicomedia with Cannon from a nineteenth-century colored wood engraving (Wellcome Library no. i), probably a cutting from a Lives of the Saints book, original publisher unknown. Reproduced from The Wellcome Collection, London, under the Creative Commons Attribution International license (CC BY ): A distracting horizontal white scratch in St. Barbara’s red robe has been lightly retouched. + Feast: December 4
St. Peter the Apostle (PM 07) Customizable Rack
Add your text to the blank back of this versatile handout. + Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Peter the Apostle from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: June + Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #CD (gold), # (brown), #BFA6 (mauve), #FFDC (yellow), and #F (red).
St. Matthias the Apostle (RLS 11) Rack 1
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Image Source (RLS ): Antique image in chromolithography with gilt accents of St. Matthias the Apostle from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Feast: May + Feel free to change the background color. The ‘Red Letter Saints’ palette is the same for all nineteen images from the book with minor variations. It consists of the following colors (with hex codes): cream (#FEEFBE), medium yellow (#F1D), medium yellow-green (#), medium light aqua (#ACCBB1), medium dark aqua (#8CAC), mauve (#E6BEA5), salmon pink (#FAAE8B), peach (#F5BD), brownish orange (#EB), beige (#E8C6A1), dark gold (#E), and dark red-brown (#). Choose as you will! + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline.
NeoGothic St. Cecilia of Rome (BNG 02) Rack
Add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + In this splendid NeoGothic Swiss devotional print, St. Cecilia of Rome (3rd century) is depicted playing an upright pipe organ. Her long auburn hair hangs loose and tumbles over her shoulders and down her back. She wears a medieval-style, cream-colored gown lined in green over a dark red-orange kirtle. The gown has a square neckline and bell sleeves. + On the print’s left is a potted lily plant. In the religious language of flowers, lilies signify purity. Despite her private vow of virginity, St. Cecilia was forced into an arranged marriage with a pagan named Valerian. The marriage was never consummated. The long and the short of it is that her new husband, having seen an apparition of the angel that guarded his wife’s virtue, converted to Christianity and respected her vow. + Against the aqua background patterned with gold dots and stars, two angels hover in the space above St. Cecilia. Clad in salmon pink, one angel holds an unfurled scroll; clad in green, the other angel plays a portative or hand-held organ. It is said that on her wedding day, St. Cecilia “sang in her heart to the Lord” instead of reveling; hence, her patronage of musicians (especially organists) and singers as represented by the two angels. + The entire scene is enclosed in a NeoGothic architectural framework (only partially visible here). + Epilog: St. Cecilia, her husband St. Valerian, and her brother-in-law St. Tiburtius were all martyred. But, that’s a story for another day! + Feast: November + Image Credit (BNG ): Antique NeoGothic image of St. Cecilia, originally published in chromolithography by Benziger & Co., Einsiedeln, Switzerland, late th-early th century, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera.
St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr (PM 08) Customizable Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Antique image of St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: December + Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #CE (gold), #5A3C (brown), #FD (red), #BF (mauve), and #B7AB (green).
SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles (JMAS 01) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different background color? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + Image Credit (JMAS ): Antique image of SS. Peter and Paul from a late th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents originally published by Josef Müller, Art Publisher, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. The image is one of twelve in the publisher’s Apostle Series (No. ). + Feast: June + The lush floral ornamentation derives from miniatures, that is, the small illustrations used to decorate ancient or medieval illuminated manuscripts, in the Vatican Library.
SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles (JMAS 01) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different background color? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + Image Credit (JMAS ): Antique image of SS. Peter and Paul from a late th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents originally published by Josef Müller, Art Publisher, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. The image is one of twelve in the publisher’s Apostle Series (No. ). + Feast: June
St. Thomas the Apostle (JMAS 12) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different background color? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + St. Thomas the Apostle, also called Didymus (the “twin”), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament. After initially doubting the Resurrection until he touched Christ’s wounds for himself, St. Thomas went on to evangelize Parthia, Persia, and India with missionary zeal. Here, he holds a spear. According to tradition, St. Thomas was stabbed to death with a spear c. while praying on a hill in Mylapur, India. He was buried nearby. + Image Credit (JMAS ): Antique image of St. Thomas the Apostle from a late th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents originally published by Josef Müller, Art Publisher, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. The image is one of twelve in the publisher’s Apostle Series (No. ). + Feast: July 3
St. Peter the Apostle (PM 07) Customizable Blank Rack
Add your text to this versatile blank hand-out. + Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Peter the Apostle from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: June + Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #CD (gold), # (brown), #BFA6 (mauve), #FFDC (yellow), and #F (red).
St. Paul the Apostle (PM 06) Customizable Blank Rack
Add your text to this versatile blank hand-out. + Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Paul the Apostle from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: June + Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #BA8E2B (gold), # (brown), #BBB (green), #FD (red), #AB7F (violet), and #FFDC (yellow).
St. Thomas the Apostle (RLS 18) (Style 2)
Add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a solid colored background? Simply delete the tiled graphic. Solid color recommendations appear below. + St. Thomas the Apostle, also called Didymus (the “twin”), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament. After initially doubting the Resurrection until he touched Christ’s wounds for himself, St. Thomas went on to evangelize Parthia, Persia, and India with missionary zeal. Here, he holds a builder’s square. This attribute has several explanations both literal and symbolic. In one origin story, he erects the very first church building in India with his own hands. In another, he builds a palace for an Indian ruler; in its variant, he gives away his fee to the poor explaining away the actual palace as one of Christ’s promised mansions in heaven. The third explanation is merely symbolic of building the Church in India on a strong spiritual foundation. + Image Source (RLS ): Figural and ornamental details extracted from an antique image of St. Thomas the Apostle in chromolithography with gilt accents from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. 8. From the designer’s private library. + Feast: July 3 + Feel free to change the background color. The ‘Red Letter Saints’ palette is the same for all nineteen images from the book with minor variations. It consists of the following colors (with hex codes): cream (#FEEFBE), medium yellow (#F1D), medium yellow-green (#), medium light aqua (#ACCBB1), medium dark aqua (#8CAC), mauve (#E6BEA5), salmon pink (#FAAE8B), peach (#F5BD), brownish orange (#EB), beige (#E8C6A1), dark gold (#E), and dark red-brown (#). Choose as you will! + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline.
St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr (PM 08) Customizable
Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr from a late th-century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: December + Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #CE (gold), #5A3C (brown), #FD (red), #BF (mauve), and #B7AB (green).
St. Joan of Arc (JM 28) (Style 1) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different background or frame color? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + St. Joan of Arc, the “Maid of Orleans”, is patron saint of women who serve in the military. In this depiction, her military career is emphasized. St. Joan is clad in contemporary th-century plate armor and shoulders a sword in a scabbard ornamented with fleur di lis. The fleur di lis, a stylized lily, is a motif rich in heraldic, political, and religious significance. + Feast: May + Image Credit (JM ): Detail of an antique image of St. Joan of Arc, originally published in chromolithography by Josef Müller Art Publisher, Munich and New York, first quarter of the th century, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. This is just one of over sixty images in a very popular style of devotional prints issued in several sizes and formats by Müller at the turn of the last century.
Saint Agatha of Sicily Rack
Saint Agatha of Sicily is a Christian saint. Her feast is on 5 February. Agatha was born in Catania, part of the Roman Province of Sicily, and was martyred c. . She is one of several virgin martyrs who are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.
St. Joan of Arc (JM 28) (Style 2) Rack
Add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different color on the back? Feel free to choose from among the suggested colors on this image’s Color Palette postcard. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + St. Joan of Arc, the “Maid of Orleans”, is patron saint of women who serve in the military. In this depiction, her military career is emphasized. St. Joan is clad in contemporary th-century plate armor and shoulders a sword in a scabbard ornamented with fleur di lis. The fleur di lis, a stylized lily, is a motif rich in heraldic, political, and religious significance. + Feast: May + Image Credit (JM ): Antique image of St. Joan of Arc, originally published in chromolithography by Josef Müller Art Publisher, Munich and New York, first quarter of the th century, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. This is just one of over sixty images in a very popular style of devotional prints issued in several sizes and formats by Müller at the turn of the last century.
Martyrdom of Saint Catherine Rack
Catherine of Alexandria according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius.
SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles (JMAS 01) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Prefer a different background color? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image’s associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + Image Credit (JMAS ): Antique image of SS. Peter and Paul from a late th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents originally published by Josef Müller, Art Publisher, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. The image is one of twelve in the publisher’s Apostle Series (No. ). + Feast: June
Statue of Saint Andrew Apostle with cross Rack
Saint Andrew the Apostle was an apostle of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was a fisherman and one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus.
Pink St. Agatha (M 003) Rack #1
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + St. Agatha is invoked against breast cancer. Here, in this detail from a famous Italian Mannerist painting, her garments have been changed from cream and aqua blue to shades of pink. Pink is the internationally recognized color symbolic of breast cancer awareness. + Adapted detail of an antique chromolithograph published between and by A. & M. B. of a painting The Martyrdom of St. Agatha, Virgin (Martirio di Sant’Agata) by Filippo Paladini () in the Cathedral of St. Agatha (Cattedrale di Sant’Agata or Duomo di Catania), Catania, Italy (from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera). The original painting is located in the Chapel of St. Agatha, the fifth along the left-hand side of the cathedral’s nave. + Feast: February 5 + October is breast cancer awareness month. + Ranging from lightest to darkest, the Pink St. Agatha palette consists of #F1D9F0, #F0CAEF, #ED9AC2, and #DB. Where applicable, maroon shades (#C or #F) provide contrasting text.
Catholic Carmelite Saints Nuns Priests Holy
CARMELITE SAINTS St. Elizabeth of the Trinity St. María Maravillas de Jesús St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi St. Teresa of Avila St. Therese of Lisieux Blessed Titus Brandsma St. John of the Cross St. Teresa (of Jesus) of the Andes St. Mariam of Jesus Crucified, The Little Arab and Lily of Palestine St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the back. Carmelite Sanctuary Paintings Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church Kenosha, WI.
Blessed Titus Brandsma Carmelite Priest Holy
Bl. Titus Brandsma (): Born in The Netherlands. As a Carmelite priest he taught philosophy and was a professional journalist. In the ’s he fought against the Nazi ideology and for the freedom of Catholic education and the Catholic press. For this he was arrested and was killed at Dachau in . Quote on the back: “Stay with me, Jesus, my delight, your presence near makes all things right.” (Painting from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin, )
Sacred Heart of Jesus Prayer Vintage Holy
This is a beautiful vintage image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from the year . The imagery is based on the Catholic Church approved prophecies given to Seer and Stigmatist Marie-Julie Jahenny. The Notre Dame Cathedral is engulfed in flames behind Jesus and to the right is the Dome of St. Peters, also in flames. The woman in the front on her knees could be Our Blessed Mother imploring prayers of mercy from her Son. The prayer on the back is translated from French to English from the original holy card.
St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr (RLS 17) Rack 1
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Image Source (RLS ): Antique image in chromolithography with gilt accents of St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr from the book Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Feast: December + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline. + The ‘Red Letter Saints’ palette is the same for all nineteen images from the book with minor variations. It consists of the following colors (with hex codes): cream (#FEEFBE), medium yellow (#F1D), medium yellow-green (#), medium light aqua (#ACCBB1), medium dark aqua (#8CAC), mauve (#E6BEA5), salmon pink (#FAAE8B), peach (#F5BD), brownish orange (#EB), beige (#E8C6A1), dark gold (#E), and dark red-brown (#). Choose as you will!
St. Theophane Venard Priest & Martyr Holy
Famous for having inspired St. Therese of Lisieux. Martyred on Feb. 2.
St. Lawrence of Rome (PM 04) Full Bleed
Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Lawrence of Rome from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: August + If you prefer a white or solid colored background on the back, simply delete the parchment image. Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #B (gold), #D0E (brown), #EEE (red),#BF (mauve), # (medium green), # (dark green), and #FDE0B4 (peachy cream).
St. Cecilia of Rome (SNV 36, Style 1)
Matching business card wallet and desktop business card holder available + In this splendid image, St. Cecilia (3rd century) is seated at a pipe organ; an angel, serving as calcant, works its bellows. A scroll in Latin between the two figures reads: “+Cantate Domino et benedicite nomini ejus” which translates “+Sing to the Lord and bless His name (Psalm :2)”. + Image Credit (SNV ): Antique image of St. Cecilia of Rome from a late nineteenth-century devotional print, artwork by J. Klein, chromoxylography by H[einrich] Knoefler (), published by St. Norbert Book- and Art Printing, Vienna, Austria. From the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: November
St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr (PM 08) Standard
Image Credit (PM ): Antique image of St. Stephen the ProtoMartyr from a late th century chromoxylographic devotional print probably by Heinrich Knoefler () published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, in the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: December + If you prefer a white or solid colored background, simply delete the parchment image. Feel free to change the background and text colors. The hex codes for recommended colors are: #CE (gold), #5A3C (brown), #FD (red), #BF (mauve), and #B7AB (green).
The martyrdom of Saint Cristina
The work represents the martyrdom of Saint Christina of Bolsena, who was tied by her father to a millstone and submerged in a lake, although by divine intervention, the stone remained afloat. But in the end she was killed by an arrow shot by the prefect Giuliano.
Sacred Heart of Jesus Vintage Holy Notre Dame
This beautiful vintage image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is from the year . The imagery is based on the Catholic Church approved prophecies given to Seer and Stigmatist Marie-Julie Jahenny. The Notre Dame Cathedral is engulfed in flames behind Jesus and to the right is the Dome of St. Peter, also in flames. It appears to be the Blessed Mother on her knees in prayer begging for mercy from her Divine Son. The prayer on the back is translated from French to English from the original holy card.
1-sided St. Barbara of Nicomedia (JP 01)
Unpersonalized sheet of paper printed on only 1 side. + Note well: Because its use results in a very strong golden cast, the speckled paper is not recommended for this design. + Image Credit (JP ): Antique image of St. Barbara Nicomedia from an chromolithographic devotional print originally published by J. Petyt, Bruges, Belgium, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: December 4 + All text is in very dark brown (#D1A).
St. Barnabas the Apostle (RLS 02) (Style 1) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + A Cypriote Jew by birth originally named Joseph or Joses, St. Barnabas (1st century) was probably one of the Seventy-Two Disciples of Christ Jesus before the Crucifixion (Luke :). He arose to greater prominence after Pentecost and is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles. Having sold all his property, Barnabas contributed the proceeds to the Apostles in Jerusalem thereafter living communally with other believers. He may have been a fellow student of Gamaliel the Elder with St. Paul before the latter’s conversion on the road to Damascus. At any rate, Barnabas was responsible for introducing to and gaining acceptance for Paul among the Apostles despite his earlier persecution of Jesus’ followers. Sent by the Apostles to care for the Jewish Christian community in Antioch, Syria, Barnabas enlisted Paul as assistant. In a reversal of roles, he later became Paul’s traveling companion and fellow missionary to the Gentiles. Later, he evangelized on his own with his cousin John Mark in Cyprus and perhaps Alexandria and even Rome according to some accounts. He was martyred c. at Salamis on Cyprus probably by stoning although other sources say he was burned to death. His principal attribute is a handwritten copy of the Gospel of St. Matthew that carried with him everywhere. Secondarily, stones or a flame allude to his martyrdom. + Together with St. Paul, St. Barnabas is regarded as an honorary Apostle. He is regarded as the founder of the Church in Cyprus. He is invoked a peacekeeper for his role in reconciling Paul with the Apostles and the Judaizers with the Gentile Christian community. He is also invoked against hailstorms. + Feast: June + Image Source (RLS ): Antique image in chromolithography with gilt accents of St. Barnabas the Apostle from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline.
St. Mark the Evangelist (RLS 03) (Style 1) Rack
Customize the front for your church, school, or organization and add your text to the blank back of this versatile hand-out. + Image Source (RLS ): Antique image in chromolithography with gilt accents of St. Mark the Evangelist from Red Letter Saints: Being a Series of Biographies of those Saints for which Proper Collects, Epistles and Gospels are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Printed by E. Kaufmann, Lahr, Baden, Germany, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge / (London, ), p. . From the designer’s private library. + Feast: April + Text is in dark red-brown (#) which matches the figure’s outline.
Saint Barbara Virgin and martyr Rack
Saint Barbaras is often portrayed with miniature chains and a tower. As one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara is a popular saint, perhaps best known as the patron of armourers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her legend’s association with lightning, and also of mathematicians.
Saint Joan of Arc Stained Glass Image Label
Joan of Arc the French martyr in a position of prayer. Vintage stained glass image.
Saint Anastasia Virgin and martyr Rack
Anastasia has long been venerated as a healer and exorcist. Her relics lie in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia in Zadar, Croatia. She is one of seven women who, along with Blessed Virgin Mary, are commemorated by name in the Roman Canon of the Mass.
Saint Lucia and Child Bringing Saffron Bread
Swedish scene of a young girl delivering buns on Lucia Day, December th. She wears a long gown and has a crown of candles on her head. Child with torch guides Saint Lucia through village. Evening snow scene for the holidays. God Jul! Lucia Day celebrated throughout Scandinavia.
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