Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus († 1582), was a prominent Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun, author during the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. She was canonized in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV, and in 1970 was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. She is a Holy Patron of bodily ills; headaches; chess; loss of parents; people in need of grace; people in religious orders; people ridiculed for their piety; sick people; and sickness.
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Reliquary theca with a relic of St. Teresa of Ávila (of Jesus), founder of the Carmelite Order, patron of sick people
Oval glass-fronted silver pendant reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Teresa of Ávila. The relic is affixed to a gilt paper starburst on a ground of salmon-colored silk, surrounded by silver wire ornamentation, and identified in Latin on a fancy manuscript cedula label as Ex oss. S. Teresae Virg. Hispani.,(of the bone of Saint Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Virgin). On the back, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Fr. Francesco Maria Ginori (†1775), Bishop of Fiesole, Italy (1736–1775).
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- ID#: 39-RSCR98-9
- Size: 39 x 33 mm
- Age: ca. third quarter of the 18th century
- Origin: Fiesole, Italy
- Materials: silver, glass, paper, silk, 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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