Saint John the Baptist known as the prophet Yahya in the Qur'an was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD. John is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism. He is called a prophet by all of these traditions and honored as a saint in many Christian traditions. He is a Patron saint of Jordan, Puerto Rico, Knights Hospitaller of Jerusalem, French Canada, Newfoundland, Cesena, Florence, Genoa, Monza, Perth (Scotland), Porto, San Juan, Turin, Xewkija, and many other places.
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Round white-metal glass-fronted reliquary theca housing first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relics of Saint John the Baptist. The relic is affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a typeset cedula label as S. Joannis Bpt. Prc. (Saint John the Baptist, Forerunner of Christ). 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), Vicar General of Rome (1973–1991) and a 1990 date of issue.
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- ID#: 633-RSGSR
- Size: 32 mm across
- Age: ca. 1990
- Origin: Vatican
- Materials: Metal, glass, silk, Spanish wax
- Price: SOLD!
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1089 Commonwealth Ave #314,
Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel: (+1) 786-206-9894
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