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1992 Documented theca with relic of St. Joseph (Pedro) de Betancur, 1st saint of Guatemala and Central America

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1992 Documented theca with relic of St. Joseph (Pedro) de Betancur, 1st saint of Guatemala and Central America

Round yellow-metal glass-fronted reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) pre-canonization relic of Saint Peter de Betancur. The relic is affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a typeset cedula label as B. Petri de Betancur (Blessed Pedro de Betancur). 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 Friars Minor. The reliquary is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued by the Postulator General of the Order in 1992. 

Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur y Gonzáles, OFB (Spanish: Pedro de San José de Betancur y Gonzáles)(†1667), also called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt (Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur) or more simply Peter de Betancurt, Hermano Pedro (Brother Peter), Santo Hermano Pedro (Saint Brother Peter), or San Pedro de Vilaflor (Saint Peter of Vilaflor), was a Spanish saint and missionary in Guatemala. Known as the "Saint Francis of Assisi of the Americas", he is the first saint native to the Canary Islands. He left at the age of 23 for New Spain, and is considered the first saint of Guatemala and Central America for having done his missionary work in those American lands. He was the founder of the Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem. He was beatified in 1980 by Pope John Paul II and canonized in 2002 in Guatemala City, Guatemala by Pope John Paul II. His Feast Day is commemorated on April 25.

Additional Info

  • ID#: 136-RSGSR
  • Size: 33 mm across
  • Age: ca. 1992
  • Origin: Rome, Italy
  • Materials: Metal, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: $1,275
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