Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, S.J. (Italian: Luigi Gonzaga; † 1591) was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result of caring for the victims of an epidemic. He was beatified in 1605, and canonized in 1726. He is a patron of students, Christian youth, Jesuit scholastics, the blind, AIDS patients, AIDS caregivers.
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Oval crystal-fronted silver pendant reliquary theca housing a relic of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. The relic is affixed to a ground of silk, surrounded by silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on a fancy manuscript cedula label as S. Aloysii Gonz. (Saint Aloysius Gonzaga). On the back, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of an unidentified Roman Catholic Bishop.
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- ID#: 44-RSCR50-15
- Size: 29 x 23 mm
- Age: ca. 18th century
- Origin: Italy
- Materials: silver, crystal, paper, silk, Spanish wax
- Price: $775
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Level 60 Trading Co,, LLC
1089 Commonwealth Ave #314,
Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel: (+1) 786-206-9894
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