JOAN, WOMAN HOLDING SHEEP - FONTANINI 5" SCALE

Nativity figure, Joan, holding a sheep is a charming addition to your Nativity set. As a shepherdess, she brings her sheep to worship the newborn King of whom the angels told. 

The tradition of the home Nativity scene goes back to St. Francis, who wanted everyone to have a glimpse of this most Holy Night, so he had a the first live Nativity. Over the centuries, this became nativity plays, yard nativities, church nativities and home nativities.