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Documented theca with relics of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Saint Cajetan and Saint Teresa of Avila

Oval  glass-fronted theca housing relics of three 16th century Saints: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Saint Cajetan and Saint Teresa of Ávila, direct Papal gift of Pope Gregory XVIThe relic are affixed to a background of red silk and  identified on a cedulae labels as S.Aloysii Gonz./S.Cayet Thien./S.Theresiae V.The theca is sealed by the red wax seal with a coat of arms of Monsignor Placido Zurla, O.S.B. Cam., († 1834) ,Cardinal Vicar of Rome. The reliquary is accompanied by original matching authentics document hand-signed by Monsignor Zurla in 1831 under the coat of arms of Pope Gregory XVI.

 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, S.J. (Italian: Luigi Gonzaga; March †1591) was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result of caring for the victims of an epidemic. He was beatified in 1605, and canonized in 1726. He is a patron of Young students, Christian youth, Jesuit scholastics, the blind, AIDS patients, AIDS care-givers.

Saint Cajetan (Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene) (†1547) an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, who helped found the Theatines, or Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence, a religious order of the Catholic Church. Saint Cajetan was beatified in 1629 and canonized in 1671. His feast day is celebrated on August 7. He is  patron saint of bankers; gamblers; unemployed people; workers; non-gamblers; document controllers; job seekers; ; Albania; Italy; Ħamrun(Malta); Argentina; Brasil; El Salvador; and Guatemala.

Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus († 1582), was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, author during the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be a founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with John of the Cross. Patron of Bodily ills; headaches; chess; lacemakers; laceworkers; loss of parents; people in need of grace; people in religious orders; people ridiculed for their piety; Požega, Croatia; sick people; sickness; Spain; Talisay City, Cebu

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  • ID#: 122-RSCR125-1
  • Size: 40 x 35 mm
  • Age: ca. 1831
  • Materials: silver
  • Price: SOLD!
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