SET OF 4 RELIQUARIES, FIRST CLASS RELICS EX OSSIBUS OF SAINTS MARTYRS

Extremely rare set of 4first class relics ofholy martyrs .

• Part of the leg (ex crure) of Saint Felicissima martyr of the Ⅲth century AD.

• Part of the arm (ex brachio) ofSaint Fortunatus martyr of the Ⅰ st century AD.

• Part of the arm (ex brachio) of Holy Primitivo martyr of the Ⅲth century AD.

• part of the arm (ex brachio) of Saint Urban (Urbani) Pope and martyr of the Ⅲth centuryA.D .

Old and authentic metal, textile and cardboard reliquaries, beautifully decorated with red velvet.

Good used condition, traces and marks of use, with their original glasses.

To report 2 broken wires on the reliquary of Saint Urban

Not opened.

Ecclesiastical wax and son seals present and in place.

ERA : 19th century (for the reliquaries)
DIMENSIONS :5.5cm X 5.5cm X 1.5cm
SIZE : 2.2" X 2.2" X 0.6"

• Saint Felicissima , deacon of Saint Sixtus with whom he was martyred and beheaded during the cruel persecution of Decius.

• Urban I was elected bishop of Rome in 222 to succeed Calixte I who would have died defenestrated during a riot directed against the Christians. He is the 17th pope of the church. He died on May 23, 230. His tomb would be in the catacomb of Saint-Calixte. The Church recognizes him as a saint and celebrates him on May 19, he is also celebrated in France on May 25. Part of his relics were given to Charles the Bald, King of France, by Pope Nicholas I in 862. They ended up in Auxerre, where Urban became the patron saint of winegrowers. He is buried in the catacomb of Saint-Calixte. Popular legend makes Urban the patron saint of the grape harvest in the Germanic countries and in Alsace. On several occasions, particularly in the Middle Ages, the authorities and the Catholic Church had to intervene to limit the excesses of this devotion. On May 25, Saint-Urbain's Day in France, he is sometimes added to the list of ice saints.

• Fortunate of Aquileia , died between 64 and 68 is the deacon of Bishop Hermagore, the first of the Latin city (Regio X Venetia and Histria). Both suffer martyrdom, they are tortured and beheaded in Aquileia under the Emperor Nero. Recognized as a saint and martyr by the Church, Fortunatus is celebrated with Saint Hermagoras on July 12.