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Reliquary theca with relics of St. Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene & St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Oval glass-fronted silver pendant reliquary theca housing relics of Saint Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene and Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. The relics are affixed to a gold-colored silk ground, surrounded by silver wire ornamentation, and identified in Latin on manuscript cedulae labels as S. Cajetani Thien. // S. Aloysii Gonzaga (Saint Gaetano [di] Thiene // Saint Aloysius Gonzaga). On the back, under a protective cap, 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.

Saint Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (†1547) was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, who helped found the Congregation of Theatines. Saint Cajetan was beatified in 1629 and canonized in 1671. His feast day is commemorated on August 7. He is  patron saint of bankers; gamblers; unemployed people; workers; non-gamblers; document controllers; job seekers; Albania; Italy; Ħamrun(Malta); Argentina; Brasil; El Salvador; and Guatemala.

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.

Additional Info

  • ID#: 56-RSCR98-9
  • Size: 33 x 28 mm
  • Age: ca. 18th century
  • Origin: Italy
  • Materials: silver, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: $725
  • Silver
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