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1873 Documented reliquary theca with Sepulcher (Tomb) relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Small round glass-fronted brass reliquary theca housing a pebble relic from the Sepulcher of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Precious relic is affixed to a silk ground and identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as Ex Sepul. B.V.M. (ex Sepulcher of the Blessed Virgin Mary).  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 Fr. Francesco Marinelli, O.E.S.A.(†1887), Titular Bishop of Porphyreon and the Sacristan of the Apostolic Curia (1856-1887). The relic is accompanied by an attractive original matching authentics document issued and sealed by the order of Father Marinelli in 1873.

The Sepulcher of the Blessed Virgin Mary is now housed inside the Church of the Sepulcher of Saint Mary at the foot of Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem. The stone bench on which the Virgin's body was laid out, now encased in glass. The Armenian Patriarchate Armenian Apostolic Church of Jerusalem and Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem are in joint possession of the shrine. 

Additional Info

  • ID#: 50-281-RSCR-225
  • Size: 23 mm in diameter
  • Age: ca. 1873
  • Origin: Vatican
  • Materials: brass, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: $1,550
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