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Reliquary theca with relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary & 25 Selected Saints

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Oval glass-fronted brass reliquary theca housing relics of twenty-five selected Saints centered around a substantial relic from the Veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  The relics are affixed to a ground of red-colored silk, surrounded by gilt paperolle ornamentation, and identified in Latin on the manuscript and typeset cedulae labels as follows:

    1. The Blessed Virgin Mary
    2. St. Peter, the Apostle
    3. St. Paul, the Apostle
    4. St. Joseph, the Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    5. St. Clara of Assisi
    6. St. Leonard of Port Maurice, O.F.M
    7. St. Teresa of Avila 
    8. St. John Francis Regis
    9. St. Louis, King of France
    10. St. Ignatius of Loyola
    11. St. Emygdius
    12. St. Apollonia
    13. St. Lucy
    14. St. Philomena
    15. St. Andrew, the Apostle 
    16. St. Mary Magdalene
    17. St. Peregrine Laziosi
    18. St. Veronica
    19. St. Francis de Sales
    20. St. Francis de Paula
    21. St. Francis of Assisi
    22. St. Cajetan
    23. St. Lawrence
    24. St. Antony of Padua
    25. St. Francis Xavier
    26. Bl. Rita of Cascia, OSA

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 an unidentified Roman Catholic Archbishop.

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ID#:
111-RSCR124-7
Size:
62 x 43 mm
Age:
ca. 1850s
Origin:
Italy
Materials:
brass, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
Price:
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