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Small reliquary theca with relic of St. Pope Gregory I (the Great)

Small oval glass-fronted silver reliquary theca housing a relic of Saint Pope Gregory I (The Great). The relic is affixed to a silk ground surrounded by silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as S. Greg. P. i C. (Saint Gregory, Pope & Confessor). On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured with a perfectly-preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Monsignor Costantino Patrizi Naro (†1876), Dean of the College of Cardinals and the Vicar General of the Roman Curia (1841-1876). 

Saint Pope Gregory I (†604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was one of the Latin Fathers and a Doctor of the Church. He is considered a saint in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, various Lutheran denominations, and other Protestant denominations. He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Gregory is also well known for his writings, which were more prolific than those of any of his predecessors as pope. The epithet Saint Gregory the Dialogist has been attached to him in Eastern Christianity because of his Dialogues. Throughout the Middle Ages, he was known as "the Father of Christian Worship" because of his exceptional efforts in revising the Roman worship of his day. His contributions to the development of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, still in use in the Byzantine Rite, were so significant that he is generally recognized as its de facto author. Immediately after his death, Gregory was canonized by popular acclaim. He is the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers. His Feastday is commemorated on 3 September (Latin Church) and 12 March (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Churches, Anglicanism, Lutheranism).

Additional Info

  • ID#: 8-RSMBR90-6
  • Size: 20 x 19 mm
  • Age: ca. third quarter of the 19th century
  • Origin: Vatican
  • Materials: silver, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: $700
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
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