TRUE CROSS AND 13 SAINTS RELIQUARY

Magnificent reliquary in gilded bronze with a glass front, containing a relic of the True Cross and the relics of 13 saints. The relics are fixed on a silk background and decorated with luminous rays in gold leaf and silver thread, they are identified in Latin on handwritten labels as:

Ex Ligno SS.Crucis DNJC: From the wood of the Most Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ .

S.Elisabeth Matr.P.: Saint Elizabeth , Mother of the Poor

Ex Velo Mariae V.: Of the veil of the Virgin Mary.

From Pallio S.Josephi SBV: From the mantle of Saint Joseph , Spouse of the Blessed Virgin

S.Annae Matr.BV: Saint Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin.

S.Marci Evan. : St. Mark the Evangelist .

S.Thomae Aqui. : Saint Thomas Aquinas .

S. Antonii Patav. : Saint Anthony of Padua .

St. Francis Assinien.: Saint Francis of Assisi .

St. Francis de Sales: Saint Francis de Sales .

S.Caroli Borrom.: Saint Charles Borromeo .

S. Dominici Fund.: Saint Dominic Founder.

S.Joannis Bapt.P.: Saint John the Baptist Preacher.

S.Joachim.Patr.BV: Saint Joachim , Father of the Blessed Virgin.

Good used condition with its original glass.

Not opened.

Ecclesiastical seal and silk threads present.

PERIOD : 19th century
DIMENSIONS : 8.5 cm X 7 cm
SIZE : 3.3" X 2.7"