"Altar Stone And Seal Of Monseigneur l'évèque Ramadié Bishop Of Perpignan 1864 "
ALTAR STONE IN RED MARBLE FROM CAUNES MINERVOIS (AUDE) 34 CM X 32 CM WEIGHING 9 KG THIS STONE BELONGED TO BISHOP ÉTIENNE-ÉMILE RAMADIÉ BISHOP OF PERPIGNAN IN 1864. PREVIOUSLY PRIEST OF SAINT JACQUES IN BÉZIERS. THE ARMS OF THE BISHOP'S SEAL ARE: GULE WITH A SILVER PASCHAL LAMB WITH A GOLD HALO, THE HEAD CONTOURED WITH A CHIEF SEWN IN AZURE, CHARGED WITH THREE GOLD SHELLS IN MEMORY OF HIS FORMER PARISH OF SAINT JACQUES OF BÉZIERS OF WHICH HE WAS PRIEST. THE MOTTO OF THE SEAL "PLUS CHARITAS" QUAM POTESTAS ". THE RELIC WAS SEALED WITH THE BISHOP'S SEAL IN 1864 BY HIMSELF. 
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