Reliquary theca with relic of St. Liborius, Bishop of Le Mans

Oval glass-fronted brass reliquary theca housing first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of ​Saint ​Liborius of Le Mans. The relic is affixed to a red silk ground surrounded by silver wire and gilt paperolle ornamentation and identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as S. Lib. Ep. (Saint Liborius, Bishop). 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 Fr. Vitale Giuseppe de’ Buoi (†1787), Bishop of Faenza, Italy.

​Saint ​Liborius of Le Mans (†397) was the second Bishop of Le Mans. He served as the second Bishop of Le Mans, France, for nearly 49 years, during which he evangelized the region, built churches, and ordained hundreds of clergy. A close friend and companion of Saint Martin of Tours, he died in Martin's arms. His relics were translated to Paderborn, Germany, in 836, making him the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Paderborn, where he is invoked against gallstones and celebrated with an annual festival. ​ His feast day is commemorated on July 23.