1783 документированный мощевик с мощами Св. Апостола Филиппа

A glass-fronted gilt brass reliquary theca pendant housing precious relic of Saint Philip the Apostle. The relic is displayed on a ground of silk decorated with gilt paperole and silver wire ornamentation and is identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as S. Philippi A. (Saint Philip the Apostle).  On the back, behind the protective lid, the reliquary is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint with a coat of arms of Fr. Orazio Mattei (†1792) Titular Archbishop of Colossae (1767-1792) and an important Vatican official. The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued in the Vatican in 1783 by Bishop Mattei under the authority of Pope Pius VI.