Saint John Joseph of the Cross (†1739) was an Italian priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor who hailed from the island of Ischia off the coast of Naples. He had a reputation for austerity and for the gift of miracles.He was beatified under Pope Pius VI in 1789 and was later canonized as a saint on 26 May 1839 under Pope Gregory XVI. His feast day is commemorated on March 5th.
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Large fancy silver reliquary theca housing large first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) and second-class ex panniculis (of the rags) pre-cannonization relics of Saint John Joseph of the Cross. The relics are affixed to a gold silk background, surrounded by beads and silver cord ornamentation and identified on a manuscript cedula label as Ex Panniculis / Ex Ossib. / B. Joh. Jo. a Cru (from the bone and rags of the Blessed John Joseph of the Cross). On the back the theca is secured with perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing a faint imprint of a coat of arms of unidentified Catholic Bishop.
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- ID#: 03-RSMR-5
- Size: 57 x 50 mm
- Age: ca. early 19th century (pre-1839)
- Origin: Naples, Italy
- Price: $1,250
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1089 Commonwealth Ave #314,
Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel: (+1) 786-206-9894
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