Small round white-metal glass-fronted reliquary theca housing first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. The relic is affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a typeset cedula label as Ex Ossibus // S. J. B. de La Sall[e] (of the bone of Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle). 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 the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. The reliquary is accompanied by an impressive original matching authentics document issued by the Postulator General in 1989.
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (†1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools who is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church. La Salle dedicated much of his life to the education of poor children in France; in doing so, he started many lasting educational practices. He is considered the patron saint for teachers of youth. He was beatified in 1888, and canonized on May 24, 1900, by Pope Leo XIII. His feast day is commemorated on April 7.