RELIC OF THE HOLY SPEAR + DOCUMENT
RELIC OF THE HOLY SPEAR + DOCUMENT
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Contact relic of exceptional rarity, made from a silver object that touched the most powerful and mysterious relic of the Passion, the Holy Lance of Jesus, also called the True Lance. The relic is accompanied by an authentic original document made in Ancona and dated 1717.
A few similar documented relics are known, but their number is extremely small and they are in high demand due to the impossibility of making new contact relics from the True Lance kept in the Vatican after its transfer to the pillar of St. Peter's Basilica in the 17th century.
The Holy Lance, also called the Lance of Longinus, is the weapon that pierced Christ's side as he hung on the cross. The first mention of this lance as the "Holy Lance" dates back to 570 AD, by the pilgrim Antoninus of Piacenza. In describing the holy places of Jerusalem, he reports that in the basilica on Mount Zion were the crown of thorns, with which Our Lord was crowned, and the lance that pierced his side. Rediscovered by the European army during the First Crusade in the city of Antioch on June 15, 1098, it was eventually placed in the treasury of Constantinople.
PERIOD : 1717
DIMENSION WITH FRAME: 35cm X 29cm
SIZE WITH FRAME : 13.8"
The Holy Lance is recorded to have passed through Ancona, an Italian city on the Adriatic coast, in 1492, during its transfer from the Turkish Sultan Bayezid II—who had obtained it in 1451 during his father's conquest of Constantinople—to Pope Innocent VIII. This transfer was made through Peter of Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes. The Pope placed the Holy Lance in the treasury of the ancient Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, alongside the Volto Santo, where it was venerated. Today, the relic is kept in one of the great pillars of the present basilica, St. Peter's Cathedral. Above the image of Longinus, one can read the following inscription: "The lance of Longinus, received by Innocent VIII from the Turkish Sultan Bayezid; Urban VIII moved it to a decorated sanctuary, raising an image and erecting the sanctuary below.
