Saint Mark the Evangelist was the author of the Gospel of Mark and founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the most important episcopal sees of Early Christianity. In 828, his relics were stolen from Alexandria (at the time controlled by the Abbasid Caliphate) by two Venetian merchants with the help of two Greek monks and taken to Venice. In 1063, during the construction of a new basilica in Venice, Saint Mark's relics could not be found. However, according to tradition, in 1094, the saint himself revealed the location of his remains by extending an arm from a pillar. The newfound remains were placed in a sarcophagus in the basilica of San Marco. His feast day is celebrated on April 25, and he is a Holy Patron of Barristers, Venice, Egypt, and Mainar.
Oval silvered metal glass-fronted theca housing the first-class ex ossibus relic of Saint Mark, the Evangelist. The relic is affixed to a red silk background surrounded by silver wire ornamentation and identified on a manuscript cedula label as Ex Oss. S. Marci Ev. (from the bone of Saint Mark, the Evangelist). On the back, the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of Cardinal Antonio Felice Zondadari (†1823), Archbishop of Siena (1795-1823).
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- ID#: 82-RSMBR-17
- Size: 30 x 25 mm
- Age: ca. first quarter of the 19th century
- Origin: Siena, Italy
- Materials: silvered brass, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
- Price: SOLD!
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