{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-san-damiano-crucifix-large","title":"Vintage Bronze San Damiano Crucifix, Large","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze San Damiano Crucifix reproduces the painted cross before which Saint Francis prayed in the ruined chapel outside Assisi. Christ stands rather than hangs, arms open wide and eyes level, and the broad arms of the cross to either side of him are filled with the small figures of the witnesses, Mary and John, the women, the soldiers, with a further scene set in the panel above his head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the twelfth-century original those figures are painted; here they are modelled in low relief, so the whole crowded composition survives in a cross small enough to wear. This is the crucifix that spoke to Francis in 1206 with the words that set his life in motion, \u003cem\u003ego and repair my house, which as you see is falling into ruin\u003c\/em\u003e. He took them at first for an instruction about the chapel's fallen stones. Franciscans have kept the image in devotional use for eight centuries, and it remains the cross most associated with him and with the order he founded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe San Damiano crucifix was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtisan-cast from an antique original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Equatoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943428305081,"sku":"3c3-789-B","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-789-B.png?v=1787688709","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-san-damiano-crucifix-large","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}