Saint Clare of Assisi († 1253) is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life, the first set of monastic guidelines known to have been written by a woman. She is a patron of Eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, embroiderers, gilders, good weather, needleworkers, Santa Clara Pueblo, Obando.
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Oval glass-fronted silvered brass reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of a bone) relic of Saint Clare of Assisi. The relic is affixed to a silk ground surrounded by silver wire and gilt paperolle ornamentation and identified in Latin on manuscript cedula label as Ex Oss. / S. Clarae (of a bone of Saint Clare [of Assisi]). On the back, under a papier-mache protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Fr. Francesco Pettorelli Lalatta (†), Bishop of Parma (1760-1788). The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued and sealed by the order of Bishop Lalatta in 1779.
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- ID#: 281-6-RSSR-225
- Size: 33 x 28 mm
- Age: ca. 1779
- Origin: Parma, Italy
- Materials: Brass, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
- Price: SOLD!
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1089 Commonwealth Ave #314,
Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel: (+1) 786-206-9894
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