Saint Joseph Calasanz, Sch.P. (Spanish: José de Calasanz; Italian: Giuseppe Calasanzio), (†1648), also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, providing free education to the sons of the poor, and the Religious Order that ran them, commonly known as the Piarists. He was beatified on in 1748, by Pope Benedict XIV and canonized by Pope Clement XIII in 1767. On August 13, 1948, Pope Pius XII declared him to be the "Universal Patron of all Christian popular schools in the world." His feast day is celebrated on August 25.
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1990 Vatican-documented theca with relics of St. Joseph Calasanz (Calasanctius, Iosephus a Mater Dei), the founder of Piarists
Round white-metal glass-fronted reliquary theca housing first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Joseph Calasanz. The relic is affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on typeset cedula label as S. Josephi Calasanctii . On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Monsignor Ugo Poletti (†1997) in the capacity of the Vicar General of Rome (1973–1991). The relic is accompanied by an original matching authentics document issued and sealed in 1990 by Fr. Ruini.
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- ID#: 102A-RSGSR
- Size: 33 mm across
- Age: ca. 1900
- Origin: Vatican
- Materials: metal, glass, silk
- Price: SOLD!
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