RELIQUARY, RELIC OF SAINT LOUIS DE GONZAGUE

Rare reliquary in silver with a glass front, containing the relic of Saint Louis de Gonzague . The relic is fixed on a background of red fabric decorated with silver threads, it is identified in Latin on a label as S.Aloys.Gon.

Good used condition with its original glass.

Not open.

Ecclesiastical stamp present and son in place.

ERA : 19th century
DIMENSION : 3cm X 2.5cm
SIZE : 1.2" X 1"

Saint Aloysius of Gonzaga, also known as Saint Louis of Gonzaga, was a 16th-century Italian Catholic saint. Born into a noble family in 1568, he chose to renounce his social position to devote himself to a life of piety and service. Aloysius became a Jesuit and distinguished himself by his devotion, his intense prayer and his love for the most needy. He spent his time caring for the sick during an epidemic of plague in Rome, where he eventually contracted the disease and died at the age of 23 in 1591. Saint Aloysius is revered as the patron saint of young students and of the sick, and his feast is celebrated on June 21.