RELIQUARY, FIRST CLASS RELIC EX OSSIBUS OF SAN CECILIO

Rare round reliquary frame in ebonized wood with an old mauve velvet background surrounded by a circle of gilded brass, housing a first-class relic (bone fragment) of San Cecilio.

Ecclesiastical seals present and in place.

With its original glass, unopened .

PERIOD:19th century (for the reliquary)
SIZE:12cm X 12cm
SIZE:4.7"X 4.7"

Saint Caecilius ( Cecil, Cecilius, Cäcilius , Spanish:San Cecilio ) After being cured of blindness by Jesus Christ, was one of the Seven Apostolic Men, disciples of the Apostle Saint James sent in the 1st century to evangelize Hispania by Saint Peter and Saint Paul. He is considered the first bishop of Granada and since the end of the 16th century he has been venerated as the patron saint of Granada and its archdioceses.