Saint Charles Borromeo (Italian: Caroli Borromeo †1584) was a cardinal who was archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. Among the great reformers of the troubled 16th-century, Borromeo, with St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Philip Neri, and others, led the movement to combat the inroads of the Protestant Reformation. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests. He is a holy patron of apple orchards; bishops; catechists; catechumens; cardinals; seminarians; spiritual directors; spiritual leaders; Lombardy, Italy; and Monterey California; and sought to assist in intestinal disorders; against ulcers; colic; and stomach diseases.
Oval glass-fronted silver theca housing the first-class relic of Saint Charles Borromeo. The relic is affixed to a silk background surrounded by silver wire ornamentation and identified on a manuscript cedula label as Ex spongia imb[uto] sanguinis / S. Caroli Borrom. (from the sponge soaked in the blood of St. Charles Borromeo). On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of an unidentified Roman Catholic Bishop.
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- ID#: 28-RSCR40-11
- Size: 27 x 24 mm
- Age: ca. 19th century
- Origin: Italy
- Materials: silver, glass
- Price: SOLD!
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