Saint Clare of Assisi († 1253) is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life, the first set of monastic guidelines known to have been written by a woman. She is a patron of Eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television, embroiderers, gilders, good weather, needleworkers, Santa Clara Pueblo, Obando.
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1818 Documented reliquary theca with relic of St. Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Poor Clares
Small oval glass-fronted brass pendant reliquary theca housing the second-class ex Habitu (of a habit) relic of Saint Clare of Assisi. A relic is affixed to a silk ground asurrounded by silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on manuscript cedula label as S. Clarae Vir. (Saint Clare, Virgin). On the back, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Cardinal Carlo Francesco Maria Caselli O.S.M. (†), Bishop of Parma (1804-1828). The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued and sealed by the order of Monsignor Caselli in 1818.
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- ID#: 281-44-RSCR-225
- Size: 22 x 18 mm
- Age: ca. 1818
- Origin: Parma, Italy
- Materials: Brass, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
- Price: $1,750
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