The reliquary At the age of twelve, she was to to die for dies for their occupied France during the second century. condemned refusal to sacrifice to pagan gods, therefore revered as a martyr, as someone important to the faith. Saint Foy was a very popular she is extremely saint in Southern France and her relic was bringing pilgrims and wealth to the small, isolated town of Conques.
These are all general traits, however, and the figure can be considered a portrait of any of the individuals whose bones were in the barkwood box to which the bieri was once attached. The contradictory aspects of infant and ancestor give the object a vitality and balanced opposition. As a guardian image it might rely on this more subtle tension than on more overtly
These are all general traits, however, and the figure can be considered a portrait of any of the individuals whose bones were in the barkwood box to which the bieri was once attached. The contradictory aspects of infant and ancestor give the object a vitality and balanced opposition. As a guardian image it might rely on this more subtle tension than on more overtly