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Description:
Old CRUCIFIX RELIQUARY. Early CHRISTIAN St. MANSUET, HONORATUS & AGNES DEI RELIC
There is no stamp on this but I think it is silvered or otherwise what they call in Europe white metal. This is a crucifix that opens into a reliquary box and this one holds some rare relics indeed. From the very early christian era we have St. Mansuet first bishop of Toul in Lorraine in France and apostle of that part of the ancient Belgic Gaul. Some have thought him a disciple of St. Peter the Apostle. But others say that isn’t possible as he died in the year 375 having founded his church before hand in Toul and in which is now a rich Church and a Monastery that bears his name.
Also is a relic of St Honoratus Archbishop of Arles; b. about 350; d. January, 429. It is believed that he was born in the north of Gaul and that he belonged to an illustrious pagan family. Converted to Christianity with his brother Venantius, he embarked with him from Marseilles about 368, under the guidance of a holy person named Caprasius, to visit the holy places of Palestine and the Lauræ of Syria and Egypt. But the death of Venantius, occurring suddenly at Methone, Achaia, prevented the pious travellers from going farther. They returned to Gaul through Italy, and, after having stopped at Rome, Honoratus went on into Provence and, encouraged by Leontius, Bishop of Fréjus, took up his abode in the wild island of Lérins with the intention of living there in solitude. Numerous disciples soon gathered around him and thus was founded the monastery, which has enjoyed so great a celebrity and which was during the fifth and sixth centuries a nursery for illustrious bishops and remarkable ecclesiastical writers. Honoratus's reputation for sanctity throughout the south-eastern portion of Gaul was such that in 426 after the assassination of Patroclus, Archbishop of Arles, he was summoned from his solitude to succeed to the government of the diocese, which the Arian and Manichaean heresies had greatly disturbed. He appears to have succeeded in re-establishing order and orthodoxy, while still continuing to direct from afar the monks of Lérins. However, the acts of his brief pontificate are not known. He died in the arms of Hilary, one of his disciples and probably a relative, who was to succeed him in the See of Arles. His various writings have not been preserved, nor has the rule which he gave to the solitaries of Lérins. Cassian, who had visited his monastery, dedicated to him several of his "Conferences".
Thanks to the Catholic Encyclopedia.
There is also an Agnes Dei wax piece.
The corpus is backed by inlaid ebony wood and the screw on the bottom that holds the back reliquary cover plate is working perfectly. This is a really beautiful devotional item and very rare considering it holds the relics of some of the most earliest Catholic Saints.
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| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: CVCH50 |
| Condition:
GOOD |
Year:
1800-1870
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| Country:
FRANCE |
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| Height:
3 in. (7.62 cm) |
Depth:
.25 in. (0.63 cm) |
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Width: 1.3 in. (3.30 cm)
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| Title:
Old CRUCIFIX RELIQUARY. Early CHRISTIAN St. MANSUET, HONORATUS & AGNES DEI RELIC |
Style:
RELIGIOUS |
| Materials:
Silver metal, EBONY RELIC |
Type:
CRUCIFIX |
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