St Fulgentius of Astigi with Book – Wooden Statue from South Tyrol

Here you meet Fulgentius of Astigi as a wooden bishop statue: he wears the mitre, holds his staff high and a book in his hand. For the home altar, the study or as a gift for someone who bears the name Fulgentius.

Fulgentius was Bishop of Astigi, today’s Écija, around 595, and the brother of Leander and Isidore of Seville. He died around 633. The Lexicon of Saints gives 14 January as his feast day; in individual dioceses he is celebrated on 16 January. He is regarded as patron of the Diocese of Cartagena-Murcia.

• Height: 12 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 cm
• Surfaces: Natural (the wood stays untreated) | Multicolour stained: three stain shades with wax | Hand-painted (oil paints; details in gold leaf and silver leaf)
• Material: mainly lime wood, depending on size also maple or Swiss stone pine

Fulgentius is a rare first name; if you bear it, you will hardly find a gift that fits so precisely. For the ordination of a Fulgentius, or for friends of Spain and its Church history, the statue is also an unusual greeting.

It is carved in Val Gardena (South Tyrol), every statue one of a kind with its own grain. Allow approx. 4–5 weeks for delivery; it comes insured via UPS from our warehouse in Flieden, to all delivery countries, and shipping costs €6.90. Every piece is blessed by a Catholic priest in our warehouse in Flieden and comes with a certificate card (date of the blessing). You will find more statues of this kind in our woodcarving workshop. woodcarving workshop.