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2003 Documented reliquary theca with relics of the Blessed James (Giacomo) Alberione, founder of the Pauline Family

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Round glass-fronted yellow-metal reliquary theca housing the first-class ex corpore  (of the body) relic of Blessed James AlberioneThe relic is affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a bi-color typeset cedula label as B. Jacobi Alberione // ex corpore (of the body of the Blessed James Alberione). 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 Pauline Family, a Roman Catholic congregation of nine institutes of consecrated life that he founded. The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued on 27 April 2003 (the day of his beatification) by the Postulator General of the Order.

Blessed James Alberione, SSP (Italian: Giacomo) (†1971), was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St. Paul, of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, of the Sisters of Jesus the Good Shepherd, of the Sisters of Mary Queen of the Apostles, and other religious institutes, which form the Pauline Family. The first two groups are best known for promoting the Catholic faith through various forms of modern media. Alberione was declared venerable on 25 June 1996, and was beatified on 27 April 2003 by Pope John Paul II.

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ID#:
511-RSGSR
Size:
33 mm across
Age:
ca. 2003
Origin:
Rome, Italy
Materials:
metal, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
Price:
$775
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