Round white-metal glass-fronted reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of the Saint Philip Romolo Neri. The relic is affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a typeset cedula label as S. Philip N. (St. Philip Neri). 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 the Order of Friars Minor. The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued and sealed in 1954 by Fr. Bernardinus a Senis, Postulator General of the Order.
Saint Philip Romolo Neri, (Italian: Filippo Romolo Neri; † 1595), known as the Apostle of Rome, was an Italian priest noted for founding a society of secular clergy called the Congregation of the Oratory of Filippo Neri. Patron of Rome, Mandaluyong, US Special Forces, Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, laughter, humor, and joy.