19th Century Reliquary – True Cross & 20 Saints – Episcopal Seal Intact – Italy

Authentic 19th Century Reliquary – True Cross & 20 Saints – Episcopal Seal Intact – Italy

Rare cross reliquary, varnished wood and chiseled gilded brass, decorated with colored glass cabochons.

Description

Central glass medallion decorated with golden paperolles containing an authentic fragment of the True Cross (Lignum Sanctae Crucis), surrounded by ex ossibus relics of twenty identified saints:

Paulus Ap., Cornelius PM, Fimitius? (uncertain reading), Agatha VM, Bonifacius M., Gertrudis, Elisabeth, Theodora M., Alexius C. Victoria M., Candida M., Joannes Nep., Joannes de Deo, Catharina VM, Maria Magdalena, Benedictus Ab., Gereanus? (uncertain reading), Odilia, Clara V., Maria B.

Reverse sealed by episcopal seal in red wax with silk threads.

Height: 31 cm

Condition

Very good condition.

In accordance with canon law (can. 1190 §1), this sale concerns only the reliquary as an object of sacred art. The relics it contains are not the object of the transaction, but are included free of charge for their historical and cultural value.

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