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Dushan, Canada

The icon of Christ Pantocrator in the silver revetment cover arrived safely this afternoon. Thank you as always for your careful packaging and shipping of this fine antique.

Jim, VA

I just received the relics of Saint Linus and saint Cletus. It looks great thanks for all the care that you took in packaging it very carefully God bless you.

Ciprian, Romania

Today I received the package from you. I'm very happy . The icons are special. Thank you very much !

Tim, UK

The five icons have arrived. Absolutely stunning! As ever, many thanks – and no doubt I’ll be back again in the future.

Jeff and Enrica

JUST BEAUTIFUL! Many thanks for working with me to acquire this rare and inspiring work of art. It is always a pleasure dealing with you!

Reliquary theca with relic of Saint Bonaventure

Oval theca housing substantial ex habito (of the clothing) relic of Saint Bonaventure. The relic is afficed to a background of multicolored silk and surrounded by paperole and twisted wire ornamentation. The theca is seecured on the back by a seal of red Spanish wax with imprint of coat of arms of a Bonaventure.

Saint Bonaventure († 1274), was an Italian medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he was also a Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He was canonised in 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. He is known as the "Seraphic Doctor". He is ranked along with Thomas Aquinas as the greatest of the Doctors of the Church and was regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages.