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Documented reliquary theca with relics of Saint Rafqa (Rafka or Rebecca), O.L.M. رفقا بطرسيّة شبق

Small round white-metal glass-fronted reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) pre-canonization relic of the Saint Rafqa Pietra Chobok, O.L.M.The relic is affixed to a red silk ground identified in Latin on typeset cedula label as S. B. Rafqa (Blessed Rafqa).  On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of the Maronite Order. The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued and sealed by the Postulator General of the Order responsible for the cause of the Canonization.

Saint Rafqa Pietra Chobok, O.L.M. (†1914) (Arabic: رفقا بطرسيّة شبق), also known as Saint Rafka and Saint Rebecca, was a Lebanese Maronite nun. On November 16, 1985, Pope John Paul II declared Rafqa Al Rayess a Blessed, and on June 10, 2001, and canonized Her on June 10, 2001.

Additional Info

  • ID#: 595-RSGSR
  • Size: 21 mm across
  • Age: ca. 1980s
  • Origin: Rome, Italy
  • Materials: Metal, glass, silk, Spanish wax
  • Price: SOLD!
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