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Reliquary theca with relics of St William the Confessor (Guillaume de Donjon)

Crystal-fronted silver reliquary theca housing first class reic of Saint William the Confessor (Guillaume de Donjon). The relic is affixed to a background of multicolored silk and surrounded by ilt paperole and twisted wire ornamentation. It is labeled on a paper cedula as S. Guillermi Con.. and secured on the back with a partial red Spanish wax with a coat of arms of a Catholic Bishop.

Saint Guillaume de Donjon (†1209) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Bourges​.​ He  became a canon after his ordination to the priesthood  and ​was known for his deep devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and for his conversion of sinners. It had been claimed that he performed eighteen miracles in life and a further eighteen in death. His canonization was celebrated under Pope Honorius III in 1218 and he was named as the patron saint for the Parisian college and gunsmiths.​

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  • ID#: 564-RSPR-3
  • Size: 39 x 34 mm
  • Age: ca. 18th century, Italy
  • Materials: silver, crystal
  • Price: SOLD!
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