1990 Documented reliquary theca with relics of 3 Martyrs: St. Bernardo Duè of Vietnam, St. Valentin of Rome & St. Vitus
Round glass-fronted yellow-metal reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relics of three Christian Martyrs: Saint Bernardo Duè, Saint Valentin of Rome, and Saint Vito. The relics are affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a typeset cedulae labels. On the back, under the 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 Preachers, (commonly known as the Dominican Order), The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued in 1990 by the Postulator General of the Order responsible for the cause of beatification and canonization.
Saint Bernard Vũ Văn Duệ (also known as Bernard Due) (†1838) was a Vietnamese Catholic priest and martyr. Born in Quần Anh to Christian parents, he was ordained and served as a missionary and pastor for decades in Tonkin. In old age and illness, he retired but voluntarily presented himself to soldiers during Emperor Minh Mạng’s persecution. Arrested with Dominican priest Dominic Nguyễn Văn Hạnh, he refused to apostatize and was beheaded on August 1, 1838. He was beatified in 1900 and canonized on June 19, 1988, by Pope John Paul II among the 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, his feast day is August 1 (or November 24 with the group).
Saint Valentine of Rome (†269) (Italian: San Valentino, Latin: Valentinus) is a widely recognized 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Christianity on February 14 and since the High Middle Ages associated with a tradition of courtly love. He was a priest and bishop in the Roman Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians. He was martyred and his body buried at a Christian cemetery on the Via Flaminia close to the Ponte Milvio to the north of Rome, on February 14, which has been observed as the Feast of Saint Valentine (Saint Valentine's Day) since 496 AD. Relics of him were kept in the Church and Catacombs of San Valentino in Rome, which "remained an important pilgrim site throughout the Middle Ages until the relics of St. Valentine were transferred to the church of Santa Prassede during the pontificate of Nicholas IV". His skull, crowned with flowers, is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. His Feast is commemorated on February 14 (Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran Churches) and July 6 and July 30 (Eastern Orthodox) and he is a Holy Patron of affianced couples, against fainting, beekeepers, happy marriages, love, plague, and epilepsy.
Saint Vitus (†303) was a young Christian martyr from Sicily. Born to a pagan aristocratic family in Mazara del Vallo, he was converted and baptized as a child under the influence of his Christian tutor Modestus and nurse Crescentia. During the Diocletianic persecution, he refused to renounce his faith despite tortures. According to legend, he performed miracles, including healing Emperor Diocletian’s son, before being martyred around age 12–13 in Lucania, Italy, possibly with Modestus and Crescentia. He is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and patron of dancers, actors, epileptics (linked to “St. Vitus’ Dance”), and protection against storms. His feast day is June 15.



