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1991 Documented theca with relic of Polish Carmelite St. Raphael of St. Joseph (Kalinowski) O.C.D.

Round white-metal glass-fronted reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Raphael of St. Joseph. The relic is affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a typeset cedula label as S. Raphaël a S. Joseph (Saint Raphael of St. Joseph). 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 the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (commonly known as the Carmelites ). The reliquary is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued by the Postulator General of the Order on 17th of November, 1991 (the very day of his canonization). 

Saint Raphael of St. Joseph (in lay life: Joseph Kalinowski) (†1907) was born at Vilna to a Polish family on 1st September 1835. Graduating in engineering at the Academy of Military Sciences at St. Petersburgh, he was appointed to the fortress at Brest Litowski and later promoted to Chief of Staff in the Russian Army. In spite of his desire to leave the military life, he took part in the rise against the czarist occupying forces in Poland, accepting the position of Minister of War in Vilna. On the night of the 24th March 1864, he was arrested and put in prison, where he was condemned to death, but the sentence was later commuted to ten years of forced labor in Siberia. He was freed in 1874 and returned to Poland. In 1877, Raphael joined the Carmelites. He was ordained priest in 1882 and began an apostolate centred on the confessional, in the giving of spiritual direction and being full of enthusiasm for ecumenism, he worked vigorously for unity in the Church, reviving the Discalced Carmelite Order in Poland. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 17th November 1991. His Feast Day is commemorated on 19 November.

Additional Info

  • ID#: 28-RSHGR
  • Size: 33 mm across
  • Age: ca. 1991
  • Origin: Rome, Italy
  • Materials: metal, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: $1,175
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