RELIQUARY, RELIC OF SAINT JEAN BERCHMANS
RELIQUARY, RELIC OF SAINT JEAN BERCHMANS
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Rare reliquary in bronze with a glass facade, containing the relic of Saint John Berchmans. The relic is set on a red fabric background adorned with silver threads and is identified in Latin on a typeface label as B.Ioan.Berchmans .
Good used condition with its original glass.
Not open.
Ecclesiastical stamp and sons present.
PERIOD : 19th
SIZE : 2.5cm X 3cm
SIZE : 1" X 1.2"
Jean Berchmans was a Belgian Jesuit born in 1599. He studied philosophy and theology in Louvain and became a novice in 1616. He showed great devotion and commitment to his faith, as well as a talent for teaching children . He died in 1621 at the age of 22 and was canonized in 1888. He is revered today as the patron saint of students.
