Saint Gertrude the Great († ca. 1302) was a German Benedictine nun, mystic, and theologian. One of the most esteemed woman saints of the Christian West, she was a notable early devotee of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Gertrude showed "tender sympathy towards the souls in purgatory" and urged prayers for them. She is therefore invoked for suffering souls in purgatory. Gertrude was never formally canonized, but a liturgical office of prayer, readings, and hymns in her honor was approved by Rome in 1606. The Feast of St. Gertrude was extended to the universal Church by Clement XII and today is celebrated on November 16, the date of her death. In compliance with a petition from King Philip IV of Spain she was declared Patroness of the West Indies; in Peru her feast is celebrated with great pomp, and in New Mexico the town Santa Gertrudis de lo de Mora was built in her honor and bears her name.
Oval glass-fronted white metal reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of a bone) relic of Saint Gertrude the Great. The relic is affixed to a red silk ground surrounded by silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on typeset cedula label as S. Gertrudis (Saint Gertrude). On the back, under a protective cap with an image of the sacret hearts, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Father Francesco Magani (†1907), Bishop of Parma (1893-1907). The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued and sealed in 1868 by the Postulator General of the Order responsible for the Causes of Canonization.
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- ID#: 25-281-RSCR-225
- Size: 27 x 22 mm
- Age: ca. 1903
- Origin: Parma, Italy
- Materials: metal, glass, silk, silver, paper, Spanish wax
- Price: $2,375
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