Tomb of the Virgin Mary, is a Christian tomb at the foot of Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem – believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Sacred Tradition of Eastern Christianity teaches that the Virgin Mary died a natural death (the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep), like any human being; that her soul was received by Christ upon death; and that her body was resurrected on the third day after her repose, at which time she was taken up, soul and body, into heaven in anticipation of the general resurrection. Her tomb, according to this teaching, was found empty on the third day. Roman Catholic teaching holds that Mary was "assumed" into heaven in bodily form, the Assumption; the question of whether or not Mary actually underwent physical death remains open in the Catholic view. A narrative known as the Euthymiaca Historia relates how the Emperor Marcian and his wife, Pulcheria, requested the relics of the Virgin Mary from Juvenal, the Patriarch of Jerusalem. According to the account, Juvenal replied that, on the third day after her burial, Mary's tomb was discovered to be empty, only her shroud being preserved in the church of Gethsemane.
Oval glass-fronted brass reliquary theca, containing Ex Sepulchre relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The relic is surrounded by twisted wire ornamentation and affixed to a red silk background. It is titled on a paper cedula as Ex Sepulcro BVM (from the empty tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Back of the theca is secured by a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax with coat of arms of Italian Archbishop.
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- ID#: 104-DDCR125-1
- Size: 27 mm x 24 mm
- Age: ca. 19th century
- Price: SOLD!
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