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1994 Documented reliquary theca with relics of St. Jane Frances de Chantal & Bl. Marguerite Bourgeoys

Round yellow-metal pendant reliquary theca housing the first-class relics of two Catholic Saints: ex corpore  (of the body) relic of St. Jane Frances de Chantal and ex ossibus (of the bone) pre-canonization relic of St. Marguerite Bourgeoys. The relics are affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a typeset cedulae labels as S. Joanne Fr. Cht // B. Marg. Bourg V. (St. Jane Frances de Chantal and the Blessed Marguerite Bourgeoys, Virgin).  On the back, under the protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Monsignor Camillo Ruini, an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Vicar General of Rome (1991–2008). The relic is accompanied by the original authentics document issued in 1994 by Msgr. Ruini. 

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal († 1641) was a French Roman Catholic Saint, who founded a religious order Congregation of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines). She was beatified on 21 November 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV, and canonized on 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII. She is a patron of forgotten people; in-law problems; loss of parents; parents separated from children; and widows.

Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys (†1700), was a French nun and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada. Born in Troyes, she became part of a sodality, ministering to the poor from outside the convent. She was recruited by the governor of Montreal to set up a convent in New France, and she sailed to Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal) by 1653. There she developed the convent. She and her congregation educated young girls, the poor, and children of First Nations until shortly before her death in early 1700. She is significant for developing one of the first uncloistered religious communities in the Catholic Church. Declared "venerable" by the pope in 1878, she was canonized in 1982 and declared a saint by the Catholic Church, the first female saint of Canada.

Additional Info

  • ID#: 74-RSGSR
  • Size: 33 mm across
  • Age: ca. 1994
  • Origin: Vatican
  • Materials: metal, glass, sik, Spanish wax
  • Price: $975
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