{"product_id":"st-devasahayam-pillai-devotional-canvas","title":"St. Devasahayam Pillai - Devotional Canvas","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-style: italic; color: #555; font-size: 0.95em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003eA portrait of St. Devasahayam Pillai for prayer and reflection, rendered in the Neoclassical style on premium stretched canvas. Suited for the home, chapel, parish office, or as a thoughtful gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eSt. Devasahayam Pillai\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlso known as Lazarus Devasahayam or Neelakanda Pillai.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Devasahayam Pillai was the first lay Catholic from India to be canonized. Born into a high-caste Hindu family, he was baptized Lazarus in 1745 after conversations with a Dutch Catholic naval captain held captive at the court of the King of Travancore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis public refusal to honor caste distinctions, embracing Christians of all backgrounds as brothers, scandalized the Hindu nobility and led to his arrest, torture, and eventual shooting in the Kanyakumari hills. He is the first Indian layman to receive the honors of the altar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #c9a96b; padding: 4px 20px 4px 20px; margin: 32px 0; font-style: italic; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\n  \"All who are bathed in the precious blood of the Lamb are equal before God.\"\n  \u003cfooter style=\"margin-top: 12px; font-style: normal; font-size: 0.92em; color: #6a6a6a;\"\u003e— St. Devasahayam Pillai \u003cem style=\"color: #8a7a5a; font-size: 0.9em;\"\u003e(traditionally attributed)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/footer\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: #faf6ee; border-left: 4px solid #1a3a5e; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 24px 0; border-radius: 4px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 1.1em; color: #1a3a5e;\"\u003eQuick Facts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeast Day:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatronage:\u003c\/strong\u003e India · Converts · Lay catechists\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLived:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 1712–January 14, 1752 in Nattalam, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCategory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Layman \/ Martyr\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 32px; padding-top: 24px; border-top: 1px solid #e0d8c8;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this canvas.\u003c\/strong\u003e Printed on a cotton-polyester blend and stretched over FSC-certified wood stretcher bars — sustainably sourced and gallery-ready. The matte finish reduces glare and complements the warmth of the painted style. Arrives ready to hang. Available in 10 sizes from 8×8 inches up to 24×32 inches, in both square and portrait formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background-color: #faf6ee; border-left: 4px solid #c9a961; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 24px 0; border-radius: 4px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 1.1em; color: #1a3a5e;\"\u003eAbout This Image\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0; font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThe saint portrait was carefully directed by rigorous research into each saint's life, era, traditional iconography, and symbols of devotion, which enabled the art team to render the image in a traditional Realist style using AI image generation technology. We chose this approach because many of the saints we wanted to honor — especially lesser-known martyrs, ancient confessors, and saints from outside Western Europe — have little or no devotional art available today. Rather than leave these saints without an image, we worked to give each one a faithful, reverent visual portrayal grounded in what we know of their life and witness, enhanced with symbols, dress, and traditional attributes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0; font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThe goal behind this approach is not to replace the great Catholic art of the centuries, but to extend the visual communion of saints to those whose faces have been forgotten — so that Catholics today can recognize, visualize, remember, and ask their intercession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sancta Lumina","offers":[{"title":"20x20 cm \/ 8x8″","offer_id":47282499322041,"sku":"ae4ecf6c-ab7f-44c3-bf02-0e6bc11ffce7","price":40.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"27x35 cm \/ 11x14″","offer_id":47282499354809,"sku":"4db7d465-9fe5-47cd-a8f1-99fa50d81826","price":65.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x30 cm \/ 12x12″","offer_id":47282499387577,"sku":"53176539-c027-4b51-a46a-90a4464e0cde","price":64.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x45 cm \/ 12x18″","offer_id":47282499420345,"sku":"30b136a0-6148-4576-b375-53100f69df07","price":76.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x40 cm \/ 16x16″","offer_id":47282499453113,"sku":"4695b2f7-9add-4831-9c73-c406839f278e","price":79.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x50 cm \/ 16x20″","offer_id":47282499485881,"sku":"61db8c40-bdbc-4112-8b26-255ca33a2c55","price":81.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x50 cm \/ 20x20″","offer_id":47282499518649,"sku":"9bcca02f-2998-4ec6-a966-6b3aecca0b08","price":102.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x60 cm \/ 20x24″","offer_id":47282499551417,"sku":"65e119a1-6fa4-4999-b2d7-df7038cf3527","price":120.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x60 cm \/ 24x24″","offer_id":47282499584185,"sku":"965bc541-1339-46da-a329-f53034c46def","price":140.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x80 cm \/ 24x32″","offer_id":47282499616953,"sku":"50e34743-126d-4697-8bfc-269ebe1ecd47","price":144.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/03367444-49a3-4885-a63c-f464d39080e2.jpg?v=1779585199","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/st-devasahayam-pillai-devotional-canvas","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}