RELIC OF SAINT GAETAN DE THIENE

Rare silver reliquary with a glass front containing the relic of Saint Gaetan of Thiene. The relic is placed on a background of red silk and is surrounded by a silver thread decoration. It is identified in Latin on a handwritten label as:

"S. Cajet. Thien"
Translation: Saint Gaetan of Thiene (Sanctus Cajetanus Theatinus)

Good condition with its original glass.

Not opened.

Ecclesiastical seal and silk thread present.

PERIOD: 19th century
DIMENSIONS: 2.5 cm x 1.8 cm
SIZE: 1" x 0.7"

Saint Gaetan of Thiene, born in 1480 in Vicenza, Italy, was a reforming priest and co-founder of the Theatine Order. Trained as a lawyer, he gave up a brilliant ecclesiastical career to live a life of poverty, prayer, and service to the sick. Deeply marked by the corruption of the Church in his time, he sought to restore the apostolic fervor of the clergy. In 1524, he founded the Order of Clerics Regular of the Theatines in Rome, with the mission of spiritual renewal and active charity. He was distinguished by his absolute trust in divine Providence, refusing any fixed income for his order. Saint Gaetan died in 1547 in Naples. He was canonized in 1671 and is celebrated on August 7.