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1993 Vatican documented reliquary theca with relics of 2 Popes: Pope Felix III & Pope Felix IV

Round glass-fronted yellow-metal reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus  (of the bone) relics of two pre-Schism canonized popes: Pope Felix III and Pope Felix IV. The relics are affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on typeset cedulae labels as S. Felicis III. // S. Felicis IV. (Saint [Pope] Felix III // Saint [Pope] Felix IV.).  On the back, under the protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Monsignor Camillo Ruini, an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Vicar General of Rome (1991–2008). The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued in 1993 by Msgr. Ruini. 

Pope Felix III (†492) was the bishop of Rome from 13 March 483 to his death. His repudiation of the Henotikon is considered the beginning of the Acacian schism. It was said that Pope Felix appeared as an apparition to one of his descendants, his great-granddaughter Trasilla (an aunt of Pope Gregory I), and asked her to enter Heaven, and "on the eve of Christmas Trasilla died, seeing Jesus Christ beckoning". He was canonized in both the Catholic and Orthodox traditions and his feastday is commemorated on March 1.

Pope Felix IV (†530) was the bishop of Rome from 12 July 526 to his death. He was the chosen candidate of Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great, who had imprisoned Felix's predecessor, John I. During Felix's pontificate, an imperial edict was passed granting that cases against clergy should be dealt with by the pope or a designated ecclesiastical court. He was canonized in both the Catholic and Orthodox traditions and his feast day is celebrated on 30 January.

Additional Info

  • ID#: 11-RSGSR
  • Size: 33 mm across
  • Age: ca. 1993
  • Origin: Vatican
  • Materials: metal, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: SOLD!
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