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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.

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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  • ID#: 281-44-RSCR-225
  • Размер: 22 x 18 mm
  • Возраст: около
  • Происхождение: около
  • Материалы: около
  • Цена: $1,750
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