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Reliquary theca with a relic of St. Therese de Lisieux (of Child Jesus)

Oval glass-fronted silvered brass pendant reliquary theca decorated around the perimeter with a garland of flowers housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Therese de Lisieux ("The Little Flower of Jesus").  A substantial relic is affixed to a gilt paper flower on the ground of red silk, surrounded by silver wire ornamentation, and identified in Latin on a typeset cedula label as S. Teresae J. In. (Saint Therese of Child Jesus). On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of the Discalced Carmelite Order.

Saint Therese de Lisieux († 1897) popularly known as "The Little Flower of Jesus," was a Roman Catholic French Discalced Carmelite nun widely venerated in modern times. After nine years as a Carmelite religious, having fulfilled various offices, and having spent her last eighteen months in Carmel in a night of faith, she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Thérèse has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the "simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life". Together with Saint Francis of Assisi, she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church. Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times". She is a holy patron of Gardens of Vatican City, Missionaries; France; Russia; HIV/AIDS sufferers; radio care-a-thons; florists and gardeners; loss of parents; tuberculosis; and the Russicum; Alaska. Therese was beatified in 1923 and canonized on 17 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI, only 28 years after her death. Her feast day is commemorated on 1 October.

Additional Info

  • ID#: 35-RSCR98-9
  • Size: 52 x 50
  • Age: ca. first half of the 20th century
  • Origin: Rome, Italy
  • Materials: brass, glass, silk, silver, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: $1,200
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