Документированный мощевик 1784 г. с мощами Св. Елизаветы, матери Св. Иоанна Предтечи

Small oval glass-fronted silver reliquary pendant theca housing a first-class ex ossibus (“from the bones”) relic of Saint Elizabeth, mother of Saint John the Baptist. The Holy relic is mounted upon a small lozenge-shaped paper support displayed against olive-green woven silk and identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as “S. Elisabeth” (Saint Elizabeth). On the back, the theca is secured with intact red silk cords and a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of the coat of arms of Venerable Patriarch Francesco Antonio Marcucci (†1798), Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1781–1798), Bishop of Montalto (1770–1798), and Vicegerent of Rome (1774–1786). The theca is accompanied by the matching authentics document issued on June 12, 1784, by Patriarch Marcucci.