Antique reliquary cross 49x relic Apostles,Evangelists,St Nicolas,John Baptis

Description: This is a very nice and rare Black Forest shrine made in Switzerland.Inside a brass gilted cross with about 49 relics,they are from: Saint Matthew the Apostle,Saint Andrew the Apostle,Saint Bartholomew the Apostle,Saint Barnabas the Apostle,Saint Matthias the Apostle,Saint Jude Thaddeus,Saint Simon the Apostle,Saint Philip the Apostle,Saint James the Lesser,Saint James the Greater,Saint Thomas the Apostle,Saint John the Apostle,Saint Paul the Apostle,Saint Peter the Apostle and the four Evangelists Matthew the Evangelist,Mark the Evangelist,Luke the Evangelist and John the Evangelist, Ex Preasepe D.N.J.C, Domus Laur, Saint Joseph, Saint John Baptist, Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Saint Innocent.M, Stephan the Martyr, Saint Laurence of Rome, Saint Vincent of Saragossa, Saint Fab.Seb.M, Saint Jo.Paul.M, Saint Cos.Dam.M, Saint Gerard Sagredo, Saint Silvest.PC, Pope Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Ambrose of Milan, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Jerome, Saint Martini Ep, Saint Nicolai of Myra, Saint Anthony a Padua, Saint Benedict A, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Dominicus C, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Agatha VM, Saint Lucia VM, Saint Agnetis VM, Saint Cecillia VM, Saint Catharina VM and Saint Annasta s M. All relics in place and wax seals and threads intact.Comes from a convent in Belgium.Measures of the cross 10,5x6,3 inch. Measures of the wooden shrine 17,4 inch wide,18,5 inch high and 3 inch deep. Weight 2,1 kilo.Shipping and handling US$ 92,00 by insured priority mail and tracking number. All my items are securely packet, to avoid all possible damage. Our Non Paying Buyer process is now automatically managed by Ebay. The process starts four days after auction end and closes as soon as payment is received. As per Ebay policy,this reliquary does not contain human remains but only objects of devotion. Please be carefull when buying relics online. Fake relics are increasingly more and more of a problem. Most of the relics I sell are from convents in Belgium and Italy. I have been collecting relics for more than 25 years. I consider myself an expert. Please contact me if you have any questions. Please contact me if you have any questions. Items cannot be returned! Please see my other auctions for more antique catholic items Saint Peter the Apostle Also known as Cephas First Pope Keipha Kepha Pre-eminent Apostle Prince of the Apostles Shimon Bar-Yonah Shimon Ben-Yonah Simeon Simon Simon bar Jonah Simon ben Jonah Simon Peter Memorial 29 June (feast of Peter and Paul) 22 February (feast of the Chair of Peter, emblematic of the world unity of the Church) 1 August (Saint Peter in Chains) 18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul) Profile Professional fisherman. Brother of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the man who led him to Christ. Apostle. Renamed “Peter” (rock) by Jesus to indicate that Peter would be the rock-like foundation on which the Church would be built. Bishop. First Pope. Miracle worker. Born c.1 in Bethsaida as Simon Died martyred c.64 in Rome, Italy crucified head downward because he claimed he was not worthy to die in the same manner as Christ Canonized Pre-Congregation Name Meaning rock Patronage against feet problems against fever against foot problems against frenzy bakers brick makers bridge builders butchers carpenters clock makers cobblers fish merchants fishermen fishmongers glaziers harvesters locksmiths longevity masons missionaries net makers papacy popes potters ship builders shipwrights shoemakers stone masons watch makers Saint Mary Magdalen Also known as Maria Maddalena Maria Magdalena Mary Magdalene the Sinner Memorial 22 July 1 March (Basel, Switzerland) 19 March (translation of relics) Profile We have very little solid information about Saint Mary, and both scholars and traditions differ on the interpretation of what we do know. She was a friend and follower of Jesus. Filled with sorrow over her sin, she anointed Christ, washed his feet with her hair. He exorcised seven demons from her. She was visited by the Risen Christ. There are also arguments about her life after the Crucifixion. · The Greek Church maintains that she retired to Ephesus with the Blessed Virgin Mary and lived there the rest of her life. · A French tradition says that Mary, Lazarus, and some companions came to Marseilles, France, evangelized and converted the whole Provence region, and then retired to live 30 years as a penitent hermitess at La Sainte-Baume. Oh, some things we do know for certain – Mary wasn’t Jesus’ wife or mistress, she wasn’t the mother of His child, she didn’t found a royal dynasty or separate branch of Christianity, et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseam. Died the Greek Church says she died in Ephesus of natural causes her relics were transferred to Constantinople in 886 where they remain today a French tradition says as she lay on her death bed, nine angels carried Mary to the oratory of Saint Maximinus in Aix where she received Communion and then died of natural causes she was interred in an oratory constructed by Saint Maximinus at Villa Lata (Saint Maximin) in 745 her relics were moved to Vézelay to save them from Saracen invaders at some point they were moved to a shrine at her hermitage on La Sainte-Baume; they were there in 1279 when King Charles II of Naples funded a Dominican convent on the hill in 1600 the relics were placed in a sarcophagus sent by Pope Clement VIII in 1814 the church on La Sainte-Baume, wrecked during the anti-Christian excesses of the French Revolution, was restored in 1822 the grotto was re-consecrated, still has the head of the saint, and is a pilgrimage centre Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage against sexual temptation apothecaries contemplative life contemplatives converts druggists glove makers hairdressers hairstylists penitent sinners penitent women people ridiculed for their piety perfumeries perfumers pharmacists reformed prostitutes tanners women Saint Nicholas of Myra Also known as Nicholas of Bari Nicholas of Lpnenskij Nicholas of Lipno Nicholas of Sarajskij Nicholas the Miracle Worker Klaus… Mikulas… Nikolai… Nicolaas… Nicolas… Niklaas… Niklas… Nikolaus… Santa Claus Memorial 6 December 22 May (translation of relics (9 May on the Julian calendar)) Profile Priest. Abbot. Bishop of Myra, Lycia (modern Turkey). Generous to the poor, and special protector of the innocent and wronged. Many stories grew up around him prior to his becoming associated with Santa Claus. Some examples · Upon hearing that a local man had fallen on such hard times that he was planning to sell his daughters into prostitution, Nicholas went by night to the house and threw three bags of gold in through the window, saving the girls from an evil life. These three bags, gold generously given in time of trouble, became the three golden balls that indicate a pawn broker’s shop. · He raised to life three young boys who had been murdered and pickled in a barrel of brine to hide the crime. These stories led to his patronage of children in general, and of barrel-makers besides. · Induced some thieves to return their plunder. This explains his protection against theft and robbery, and his patronage of them – he’s not helping them steal, but to repent and change. In the past, thieves have been known as Saint Nicholas’ clerks or Knights of Saint Nicholas. · During a voyage to the Holy Lands, a fierce storm blew up, threatening the ship. He prayed about it, and the storm calmed – hence the patronage of sailors and those like dockworkers who work on the sea. Died c.346 at Myra, Lycia (in modern Turkey) of natural causes relics believed to be at Bari, Italy Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage against famine against fire against imprisonment against robberies against robbers against storms at sea against sterility against thefts altar servers archers boys brides captives children choir boys for safe journeys girls happy marriages lawsuits lost unjustly lovers maidens penitent murderers newlyweds old maids paupers pilgrims poor people prisoners scholars schoolchildren students penitent thieves spinsters travellers unjustly judged people unmarried girls apothecaries bakers bankers barrel makers boatmen boot blacks brewers butchers button makers candle makers chair makers cloth shearers coopers craftsmen dockers dock workers druggists educators farm workers farmers firefighters fish mongers fishermen grain merchants grocers grooms hoteliers innkeepers judges lace merchants lawyers linen merchants longshoremen mariners maritime pilots merchants millers navigators notaries parish clerks pawnbrokers perfumeries perfumers (his shrine in Bari, Italy is said to emit a nice fragrance) pharmacists poets ribbon weavers sailors ship owners shoe shiners soldiers spice merchants spinners stevedores stone masons tape weavers teachers Saint Stephen the Martyr Also known as Stephen the Deacon Memorial 26 December 3 August (discovery of relics) 7 May (translation of relics) Profile First Christian martyr. Deacon. Preacher. All we know of him is related in the Acts of the Apostles. While preaching the Gospel in the streets, angry Jews who believed his message to be blasphemy dragged him outside the city, and stoned him to death. In the crowd, on the side of the mob, was a man who would later be known as Saint Paul the Apostle. Died stoned to death c.33 Canonized Pre-Congregation Name Meaning crown (from the phrase crown of martyrdom) Patronage against headaches against migraines altar servers brick layers builders; construction workers casket makers coffin makers deacons horses masons quarrymen stone masons weavers Saint Lawrence of Rome Also known as Laurence Laurent Laurentius Lorenço Lorenzo Memorial 10 August Profile Third-century archdeacon of Rome, distributor of alms, and “keeper of the treasures of the church” in a time when Christianity was outlawed. On 6 August 258, by decree of Emperor Valerian, Pope Saint Sixtus II and six deacons were beheaded, leaving Lawrence as the ranking Church official in Rome. While in prison awaiting execution Sixtus reassured Lawrence that he was not being left behind; they would be reunited in four days. Lawrence saw this time as an opportunity to disperse the material wealth of the church before the Roman authorities could lay their hands on it. On 10 August Lawrence was commanded to appear for his execution, and to bring along the treasure with which he had been entrusted by the pope. When he arrived, the archdeacon was accompanied by a multitude of Rome‘s crippled, blind, sick, and indigent. He announced that these were the true treasures of the Church. Martyr. Lawrence’s care for the poor, the ill, and the neglected have led to his patronage of them. His work to save the material wealth of the Church, including its documents, brought librarians and those in related fields to see him as a patron, and to ask for his intercession. And his incredible strength and courage when being grilled to death led to his patronage of cooks and those who work in or supply things to the kitchen. The meteor shower that follows the passage of the Swift-Tuttle comet was known in the middle ages as the “burning tears of Saint Lawrence” because they appear at the same time as Lawrence’s feast. Born at Huesca, Spain Died cooked to death on a gridiron on 10 August 258 in Rome, Italy tradition says that the ashes of his burned body were dispersed by the winds, and appear at different places around the world on his feast day buried in the cemetery of Saint Cyriaca on the road to Tivoli, Italy tomb was later opened by Pelagius to inter the body of Saint Stephen the Martyr his mummified head is enshrined at the Quirinal Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome other relics and the gridiron believes to have been his deathbed are enshrined in the crypt of the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls, Rome his garments are enshrined in Our Lady’s Chapel in the Lateran Palace, Rome some relics enshrine at monastery at El Escorial near Madrid, Spain Patronage against fire against lumbago archives archivists armories armourers bibliophiles, book lovers, book collectors brewers Pope Saint Gregory the Great Also known as Gregory I Gregory Dialogos Gregory the Dialogist Father of the Fathers Gregorius I Magnus Memorial 3 September (primary, based on his ascension to the papacy) 12 March (in Rome, Italy at his grave in Saint Peter’s Basilica; some Protestant and Orthodox calendars) 25 January (translation of relics to the Jesuit church of São Roque in Lisbon, Portugal) 21 August (Ordinary Form, 1962 missal) 26 March (translation of relics to Gaul) 11 July (translation of relics to Soissons, France) 20 July (translation of relics to Cluny) 4 September (Paulines) 22 September (translation of relics to Melun) 13 March (Armenian calendar) 19 March on some calendars 30 March on some calendars 2 September on some calendars 15 October on some calendars Profile Son of Gordianus, a Roman regionarius, and Saint Silvia of Rome. Nephew of Saint Emiliana and Saint Tarsilla. Great-grandson of Pope Saint Felix III. Educated by the finest teachers in Rome, Italy. Prefect of Rome for a year, then he sold his possessions, turned his home into a Benedictine monastery, and used his money to build six monasteries in Sicily and one in Rome. Benedictine monk. Upon seeing English children being sold in the Roman Forum, he became a missionary to England. Elected 64th Pope by unanimous acclamation on 3 September 590, the first monk to be chosen. Sent Saint Augustine of Canterbury and a company of monks to evangelize England, and other missionaries to France, Spain, and Africa. Collected the melodies and plain chant so associated with him that they are now known as Gregorian Chants. One of the four great Doctors of the Latin Church. Wrote seminal works on the Mass and Divine Office, several of them dictated to his secretary, Saint Peter the Deacon. Born c.540 at Rome, Italy Papal Ascension 3 September 590 Died 12 March 604 at Rome, Italy of natural causes Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage against gout against plague choir boys choristers educators masons musicians papacy Popes scholars schoolchildren singers stone masons stonecutters students teachers Saint Ambrose of Milan Also known as Ambreuil Ambrogio Ambroise Ambrosius Ambrun Embrun The Honey Tongued Doctor Memorial 7 December (anniversary of his ordination) 4 April (Old Catholics; Lutherans; Milan, Italy for the memorial of his death) 20 December (Orthodox) Profile Born to the Roman nobility. Brother of Saint Marcellina and Saint Satyrus. Educated in the classics, Greek, and philosophy at Rome, Italy. Poet and noted orator. Convert to Christianity. Governor of Milan, Italy. When the bishop of Milan died, a dispute over his replacement led to violence. Ambrose intervened to calm both sides; he impressed everyone involved so much that though he was still an unbaptized catechumen, he was chosen as the new bishop. He resisted, claiming that he was not worthy, but to prevent further violence, he assented, and on 7 December 374 he was baptized, ordained as a priest, and consecrated as bishop. He immediately gave away his wealth to the Church and the poor, both for the good it did, and as an example to his flock. Noted preacher and teacher, a Bible student of renown, and writer of liturgical hymns. He stood firm against paganism and Arians. His preaching helped convert Saint Augustine of Hippo, whom Ambrose baptized and brought into the Church. Ambrose’s preaching brought Emperor Theodosius to do public penance for his sins. He called and chaired several theological councils during his time as bishop, many devoted to fighting heresy. Welcomed Saint Ursus and Saint Alban of Mainz when they fled Naxos to escape Arian persecution, and then sent them on to evangelize in Gaul and Germany. Proclaimed a great Doctor of the Latin Church by Pope Boniface VIII in 1298. The title Honey Tongued Doctor was initially bestowed on Ambrose because of his speaking and preaching ability; this led to the use of a beehive and bees in his iconography, symbols which also indicate wisdom. This led to his association with bees, beekeepers, chandlers, wax refiners, etc. Born c.340 in Trier, southern Gaul (modern Germany) Died Holy Saturday, 4 April 397 at Milan, Italy of natural causes relics at basilica of Milan Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage bee keepers bees bishops candle makers chandlers domestic animals French Commissariat

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