RELIQUARY, RELIC OF SAINT SUZANNE

Rare reliquary in silvered bronze with a glass front, containing the relic of the first class Ex Ossibus of Saint Susanna (Suzanne of Rome). The relic is fixed on a fabric background adorned with gold threads and colored stones and is identified in Latin on a handwritten label as Susanna V:M

Good used condition with its original glass.

Not open.

Ecclesiastical seal present.

PERIOD : 18th
SIZE : 4.5cm X 3.5cm X 1.3cm
SIZE : 1.8" X 1.4" X 0.5"

Saint Suzanne is a 3rd century Christian martyr. She was the daughter of a Christian priest and dedicated her life to the Christian faith. When she refused to renounce her faith in front of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, she was thrown into a pit filled with wild beasts, but they did not attack her. She was eventually beheaded. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Church and her feast day is celebrated on August 11. Saint Suzanne is often represented with a crown of flowers, a symbol of her virginity.