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Theca with relics of Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Camillus de Lellis

Oval silver theca decorated on the outside by a twisted silver wire and housing the first class ex ossibus relic of Saint Mary Magdalene and the second class relic of Saint Camillus de Lellis. The relics are affixed to the background of red silk and identified on a paper cedula as S. Camil Lell C. / S. M. Magdalene. On the back the theca is sealed by a partially preserved red wax seal with an imprint of a coat of arms of a Catholic Bishop.

Saint Camillus de Lellis, M.I., († 1614) was an Italian priest who founded a religious Order dedicated to the care of the sick - Order of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Infirm (abbreviated as M.I.), better known as the Camillians. Camillus was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in 1742, and canonized by him four years later in 1746. Saint Camillus is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians. His assistance is also invoked against gambling. His feast day is celbrated on July 14th.

Saint Mary Magdalene was a woman who, according to texts included in the New Testament, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and witnessed Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four Gospels she is named at least 12 times, more than most of the apostles and she has been merited the title "Apostle to the apostles" by the Roman Catholic Church. Mary Magdalene is considered to be a saint by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches—with a feast day of July 22. The Eastern Orthodox churches also commemorate her on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers, the Orthodox equivalent of one of the Western Three Marys traditions. During the Middle Ages, Mary Magdalene was regarded in Western Christianity as a promiscuous woman, claims not found in any of the four canonical gospels. She is a holy patron of Apothecaries; contemplative life; converts; glove makers; hairdressers; penitent sinners; people ridiculed for their piety; perfumeries; pharmacists; sexual temptation; tanners; ​and ​women in general.​

 

Additional Info

  • ID#: 90-MR-2
  • Size: 37 x 35 mm
  • Age: ca. 18th century, Italy
  • Materials: silver
  • Price: SOLD!
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