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1993 Vatican documented reliquary theca with relics of 2 Popes: Pope Zosimus & Pope Celestine I

Round glass-fronted yellow-metal reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus  (of the bone) relics of two pre-Schism canonized popes: Pope Zosimus and Pope Celestine I.The relics are affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on typeset cedulae labels as S. Zosimi Pap. // S. Coelest I P.M.  (Saint Zosimus, Pope [& Confessor] // Saint Celestine IPope & Martyr).  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 Zosimus (†418) was the bishop of Rome from 18 March 417 to his death. Zosimus took a decided part in the protracted dispute in Gaul as to the jurisdiction of the See of Arles over that of Vienne, giving energetic decisions in favour of the former, but without settling the controversy. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church as one of the pre-Schism "Orthodox Popes of Rome". His feast day is 27 December.

Pope Celestine I (†432) was the bishop of Rome from 10 September 422 to his death. Celestine's tenure was largely spent combatting various ideologies deemed heretical. He supported the mission of the Gallic bishops that sent Germanus of Auxerre in 429, to Britain to address Pelagianism, and later commissioned Palladius as bishop to the Scots of Ireland and northern Britain. In 430, he held a synod in Rome which condemned the apparent views of Nestorius. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church as one of the pre-Schism "Orthodox Popes of Rome". His feast day is 27 July (Catholic) and 8 April (Eastern Orthodox).

Additional Info

  • ID#: 05-RSGSR
  • Size: 33 mm across
  • Age: ca. 1993
  • Origin: Vatican
  • Materials: metal, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: SOLD!
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