RELIQUARY, RELIC OF SAINT LAWRENCE
RELIQUARY, RELIC OF SAINT LAWRENCE
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Rare bronze reliquary with a glass front, containing the first-class relic Ex Ossibus of Saint Lawrence. The relic is fixed on a fabric background decorated with gold threads and colored stones, it is identified in Latin on a label handwritten like Laurent: L: M .
Good used condition with its original glass.
Not open.
Original seal detached.
PERIOD : 18th
SIZE : 6cm X 4.5cm X 1.3cm
SIZE : 2.4" X 1.8" X 0.5"
Saint Lawrence was a 3rd century Christian deacon and martyr, born in Osca in Spain. He was responsible for distributing church property to the poor and is said to have offered all of the church's wealth to the Roman governor rather than handing it over to the imperial authorities. He was tortured and burned alive on a grill, becoming the patron saint of cooks. His feast day is celebrated on August 10.
