Collection: Retablo Ornaments

Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Our Lady of Guadalupe - Patroness for Suffering and Compassion. Invoked in General Favors, in Sickness and Against Evil, Particularly War. In 1531, in Mexico, the Virgin Mary appeared to an Indian man, Juan Diego, sayi...

Patron Saint of Lovers, Happy Marriages, Young People and Beekeepers. Valentine was a priest who aided Christians who were being persecuted under the reign of Claudius II. Despite this, Valentine was performing marriages to Christian couples. Even...

Patroness of Faith, Heart Disease and Headaches. Born in Castile near Avila (Spain) in 1515, Teresa and her brother loved the idea of becoming a martyr so much so they ran away from home to the land of the Moors only to be found by an uncle who re...

Patroness of Waitresses, Cooks and Dietitians. Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus. It was for her that Christ raised Lazarus from the dead and said, "I am the resurrection and the life". It is said that Martha had the courage of a man and t...

Patron Saint of Doctors and Artists. Luke is the author of the third Gospel in the Bible. It is considered, by many, to be the most poetic. In it, he shines a light on the universality of Christ's message. He was St. Paul's personal physician. He ...

Invoked in Desperate and Hopeless Causes. San Judas is one of the Apostles, who is said in Luke 6:16 to be the brother of James; and in Mark 6:3, to be the brother of Jesus. It is believed he traveled to Persia with St. Simon where they were beate...