RELIC OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

Rare silver-plated bronze reliquary with a glass front containing the first-class relic Ex Ossibus of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The relic is fixed in the center of a richly decorated setting. decorated with gilt-edged paperolles, silver thread and is identified in Latin on a handwritten label as: Ex Ossibus Thome Aq . (From the bones of Thomas Aquinas). A red fabric background provides contrast and highlights the relic; this color, omnipresent in the Christian liturgy, symbolizes the blood of Christ and his redemptive sacrifice.

Good used condition with its original glass.

Unopened.

Ecclesiastical seal and silk threads present.

PERIOD : 18th century
DIMENSIONS : 3.5 cm X 2.5 cm
SIZE : 1.4" X 1"

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was a Dominican theologian and philosopher, one of the most influential figures in Christian thought. He is the author of the Summa Theologica , a monumental work that reconciles Christian faith with reason and Aristotelian philosophy. A defender of the concept of natural law, he laid the foundations of scholastic theology and influenced Catholic doctrine. Canonized in 1323, he was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church and patron of Catholic universities. His approach to divine knowledge is based on the complementarity between revelation and reason. He also developed the theory of "proofs of the existence of God." His feast day is January 28 in the Catholic Church.