Round glass-fronted reliquary theca housing first-class ex ossibus (from the bone) relics of Saint Peter Julian Eymard. The relic is affixed to a red silk background surrounded by twisted silver wire ornamentation and identified on a typographic cedula label. On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is protected by a seal of red wax with a perfectly preserved imprint of a coat of arms of cardinal Basilio Pompilj (†1931), Vicar General of the Roman Curia (1913-1931).
Saint Peter Julian Eymard, SSS (†1868) was a French Catholic priest, founder of two religious institutes, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers and Brothers and the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament named by Pope John Paul II "Apostle of the Eucharist". He was beatified by Pope Pius XI on 12 July 1925, and canonized by Pope John XXIII on 9 December 1962. His feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church on 2 August.