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Holy cards: patron saint, guardian angel, Sacred Heart

Holy cards — A holy card with an upper image panel showing a saint's attributes alone — a book, a lily and a knotted cord on a stone ledge — a hairline rule beneath, and the caption "Pray for us" lettered in small capitals in the lower panel., chromolithograph holy-card design, dense fine linework, embossed lace-effect border, small ornament in each corner

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Reading 1Patron saint
Reading 2Guardian angel
Reading 3Sacred Heart

A holy card carries a five-hundred-year grammar: an image panel above, a rule, a caption, a prayer below. These nine set three cards a parish actually orders — patron saint, guardian angel, Sacred Heart — each in an engraved, a mid-century and a contemporary hand. Ask for a different saint and the same three hands carry it.

  • a devotional keepsake
  • a first communion or confirmation gift
  • a parish gift-shop print
  • a missal or prayer book insert
  • a memorial remembrance

Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each card is drawn at standard holy-card proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean and trims easily on cardstock.
Can I get a different saint?
Yes — the direction field takes any saint or devotion, and the same three hands render it.
What's the difference between the three hands?
The engraved hand uses fine line work in the classic devotional style; the mid-century hand is a bolder, simplified illustration register; the contemporary hand is a clean modern line.
Is the prayer text on the card exact?
Yes — the prayer is transcribed exactly as written, not approximated or paraphrased.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.