St. Anthony & the Christ Child (JM 05) DIY Back Ceramic Ornament

St. Anthony is one of several saints to have received a vision of the Christ Child. + You have several options here: 1) Replace our placeholding text with a text or sentiment of your own. 2) Delete our text, shape, and pattern to reveal a blank, solid-colored area ready to receive an image, a greeting, a Biblical passage, or any other text of your choosing. To choose a new 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. Or, 3) "Copy" the front "Select(ing) All" and "Paste" it on the back. + St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) is one of the Church’s most popular saints. First introduced as an artistic motif in the 17th century, St. Anthony holding the Christ Child has been translated into all manners of artistic media across the globe, especially wherever Franciscan missionaries have spread the Word. In this splendid depiction, the Christ Child kneeling on a book (another of St. Anthony’s attributes but not visible here) reaches up to embrace him while St. Anthony, clad in the traditional brown Franciscan habit, gazes at the toddler Jesus with wonder and love. + Feast: June 13 + Image Credit (JM 05): Detail of an antique image of St. Anthony of Padua, originally published in chromolithography by Josef Müller Art Publisher, Munich and New York, first quarter of the 20th 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.