RELIQUARY 5 SAINTS

Rare bronze reliquary containing 5 relics arranged on a red fabric background, each accompanied by a handwritten Latin label identifying the respective saint. These are bone fragments — first-class relics — or pieces of sacred cloth — second-class relics.

• Ex Oss. S. Felic. (Ex ossibus Sanctae Felicitatis)
  → "Bone fragments of Saint Felicity (of Rome)"
• Ex Subucula S. Franc. Sal. (Ex subucula Sancti Francisci Salesii)
  → "From the undershirt of Saint Francis de Sales"
• Ex Oss. S. Elisabeth. Reg. Hung. (Ex ossibus Sanctae Elisabethae Reginae Hungariae)
  → "Bone fragments of Saint Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary"
• Ex Velo S. Rose. Viter. (Ex velo Sanctae Rosae Viterbiensis)
  → "From the veil of Saint Rose of Viterbo"
• S. Faustinae M. (Sanctae Faustinae Martyris)
  → "(Relic) of Saint Faustina, martyr"

Good condition of use with original glass.

Unopened.

Ecclesiastical seal and silk threads intact.

PERIOD : 18th century
DIMENSIONS : 4.5 cm X 3.5 cm
SIZE : 1.8" X 1.4"