Saint Thecla was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle who enjoyed great popularity in the Byzantine period. She was called "apostle and protomartyr among women" and "equal to the apostles." She was widely cited as an ascetic role model for women. During the fourth and fifth centuries, St. Thecla was lauded in literature as an exemplary virgin and martyr by ascetic writers and theologians such as Methodius of Olympus, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus. Her feast day is celebrated on 23 September by the Roman Catholic Church and a day later by the Eastern Orthodox Churches. She is the patron saint of Tarragona in Catalonia (Spain) and, in Spanish-speaking countries, she is also sometimes counted as the patron saint of computers and Internet, from the homophony with the Spanish and Catalan word tecla ("key"). Lebanon has 42 churches dedicated to St Takla or Taqla. In Syria, there is a Greek-Orthodox church of St Thecla in Darayya. In the United States there are three Roman Catholic parishes named for Saint Thecla: in Clinton, Michigan; in Pembroke, Massachusetts; and in Chicago, Illinois. Several cities and towns are also named for her.
Round glass-fronted reliquary theca dating to 1920's housing significant first class ex ossibus (from the bone) relics of Saint Thecla, Virgin and Martyr. The relics are affixed to a red silk background and identified on a typographic cedula as S. Theclae V. M.(Saint Thecla, Virgin and Martyr). On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is protected by a seal of red wax with a hardly visible imprint of a coat of arms of Fr. Gabriele Natale Moriondo (†1946), Bishop of Caserta (1922-1943).
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- ID#: 27-RSABR-2
- Age: ca. 1920's
- Materials: White metal
- Price: SOLD!
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