Antique reliquary relic Saint Anthony of Padua, Francis and Clare of Assisi

Description: This is a antique copper theca with silver front,inside relics of Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Clare of Assisi and Saint Colette. Relics in place and wax seal and threads intact. Sealed with the seal of Gustave Joseph Waffelaert (1847–1931) was the 22nd bishop of Bruges in Belgium.. Comes from a convent in Belgium. Diameter 1,6 inch. Shipping and handling US$ 27,00 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. Please contact me if you have any questions. Items cannot be returned! As per Ebay policy,this reliquary does not contain human remains but only objects of devotion. The auction is for the theca, the relic is a gift. 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. I ony sell antique items and no copie or new made fakes! Please see my other auctions for more vestments,reliquary’s, relic’s and antique catholic items. Gustave Joseph Waffelaert was born in Rollegem on 27 August 1847. After attending St Vincent's college, Ypres, and the Minor Seminary, Roeselare (1865–1867) he entered the Major Seminary, Bruges. He was ordained to the priesthood in Bruges on 17 December 1870, and from 1871 to 1875 served as an assistant priest in the parish of Blankenberge. He was sent to the Catholic University of Leuven for further studies, graduating Doctor of Theology in 1889 with a thesis on doubtful cases in moral theology, De Dubio solvendo in re morali. He was then appointed to teach moral theology at the major seminary in Bruges. In 1890 he served as vicar general and in 1894 was appointed archpriest of the cathedral chapter of St. Salvator's. He was consecrated as bishop of Bruges on 25 July 1895. During his episcopate, he supported the development and modernisation of Catholic education in his diocese, particularly in vocational and technical fields, and encouraged the establishment of the Revue pratique de l'Enseignement in 1896. In line with developing Catholic social teaching he favoured a range of social apostolates, such as mutual insurance societies, savings unions, employment brokerages, trade unions, agricultural cooperatives, and youth work, but wished to ensure that these remained under clerical rather than lay leadership. He also opposed the emergence of Daensism and Christian Democracy, warning against their "fallacious promises" in an 1896 pastoral letter, and refusing Arthur Verhaegen permission for a meeting of the Lige démocratique in Bruges in 1899. He received the pallium on 21 May 1920. In 1929, Henricus Lamiroy [nl] was appointed his coadjutor bishop, to succeed him upon his death. Waffelaert died in Bruges on 18 December 1931. Originally buried in the city's cemetery, in 2002 his remains were transferred to the crypt of Bruges Cathedral. Saint Colette Also known as Coleta Coletta Colette Boylet Collette of Corbie Nicholette Boilet Nicolette Memorial 6 March (Roman Martyrology) 7 February (Franciscans, Capuchins) Profile Carpenter‘s daughter whose parents were near 60 at her birth. Colette was orphaned at age 17, and left in the care of a Benedictine abbot. Her guardian wanted her to marry, but Colette was drawn to religious life. She initially tried to join the Beguines and Benedictines, but failed in her vocation. Franciscan tertiary. Hermitess. On 17 September 1402, at age 21, she became an anchoress – walled into a cell whose only opening was a grilled window into a church. She had visions in which Saint Francis of Assisi ordered her to restore the Rule of Saint Clare to its original severity. When she hesitated, she was struck blind for three days and mute for three more; she saw this as a sign to take action. Colette tried to follow her mission by explaining it, but had no success. Realizing she needed more authority behind her words, she walked to Nice, France, barefoot and clothed in a habit of patches, to meet Peter de Luna, acknowledged by the French as the schismatic Pope Benedict XIII. He professed her a Poor Clare, and was so impressed that he made her superioress of all convents of Minoresses that she might reform or found, and a missioner to Franciscan friars and tertiaries. She travelled from convent to convent, meeting opposition, abuse, slander, and was even accused of sorcery. Eventually she made some progress, especially in Savoy, where her reform gained sympathizers and recruits. This reform passed to Burgundy in France, Flanders in Belgium and Spain. Colette helped Saint Vincent Ferrer heal the papal schism. She founded seventeen convents; one branch of the Poor Clares is still known as the Colettines. She was known for a deep devotion to Christ’s Passion with an appreciation and care for animals. Colette fasted every Friday, meditating on the Passion. After receiving Holy Communion, she would fall into ecstasies for hours. She foretold the date of her own death. Born 13 January 1381 at Corbie, Picardy, France as Nicolette Boilet, named in honor of Saint Nicholas of Myra Died 6 March 1447 at Ghent, Belgium of natural causes relics at the Monastère Sainte-Claire, Poligny, France Beatified 1604 by Pope Clement VIII (grant of liturgical office) 23 January 1740 by Pope Clement XII (beatification) Canonized 24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII Patronage against eye disorders against fever against headaches against infertility against the death of parents carpenters craftsmen Poor Clares servants Corbie, France Ghent, Belgium Saint Clare of Assisi Also known as Clara Claire Chiara Memorial 11 August formerly 12 August 23 September, feast of the finding of her body 3 October, feast of her first translation, celebrated within the Poor Clares Profile Clare’s father was a count, her mother the countess Blessed Orsolana. Her father died when the girl was very young. After hearing Saint Francis of Assisi preach in the streets, Clare confided to him her desire to live for God, and the two became close friends. On Palm Sunday in 1212, her bishop presented Clare with a palm, which she apparently took as a sign. With her cousin Pacifica, Clare ran away from her mother‘s palace during the night to enter religious life. She eventually took the veil from Saint Francis at the Church of Our Lady of the Angels in Assisi, Italy. Clare founded the Order of Poor Ladies (Poor Clares) at San Damiano, and led it for 40 years. Everywhere the Franciscans established themselves throughout Europe, there also went the Poor Clares, depending solely on alms, forced to have complete faith on God to provide through people; this lack of land-based revenues was a new idea at the time. Clare’s mother and sisters later joined the order, and there are still thousands of members living lives of silence and prayer. Clare loved music and well-composed sermons. She was humble, merciful, charming, optimistic, chivalrous, and every day she meditated on the Passion of Jesus. She would get up late at night to tuck in her sisters who’d kicked off their blankets. When she learned of the Franciscan martyrs in Morrocco in 1221, she tried to go there to give her own life for God, but was restrained. Once when her convent was about to be attacked, she displayed the Sacrament in a monstrace at the convent gates, and prayed before it; the attackers left, the house was saved, and the image of her holding a monstrance became one of her emblems. Her patronage of eyes and against their problems may have developed from her name which has overtones from clearness, brightness, brilliance – like healthy eyes. Toward the end of her life, when she was too ill to attend Mass, an image of the service would display on the wall of her cell; thus her patronage of television. She was ever the close friend and spiritual student of Francis, who apparently led her soul into the light at her death. Born 16 July 1194 at Assisi, Italy Died 11 August 1253 of natural causes Canonized 26 September 1255 by Pope Alexander IV Name Meaning bright; brilliant Patronage against eye disease embroiderers eyes for good weather gilders gold workers goldsmiths laundry workers needle workers telegraphs telephones television (proclaimed on 14 February 1958 by Pope Pius XII) television writers Poor Clares Assisi, Italy San Jose, California, diocese of Santa Clara Indian Pueblo Saint Francis of Assisi Also known as Francis Bernardone il Poverello Memorial 4 October Profile Son of Pietro Bernadone, a rich cloth merchant. Though he had a good education and became part of his father‘s business, he also had a somewhat misspent youth. Street brawler and some-time soldier. Captured during a conflict between Assisi and Perugia, Italy, he spent over a year as a prisoner of war. During this time he had a conversion experience, including a reported message from Christ calling him to leave this worldly life. Upon release, Francis began taking his faith seriously. He took the Gospels as the rule of his life, Jesus Christ as his literal example. He dressed in rough clothes, begged for his sustenance, and preached purity and peace. His family disapproved, and his father disinherited him; Francis formally renounced his wealth and inheritance. He visited hospitals, served the sick, preached in the streets, and took all men and women as siblings. He began to attract followers in 1209, and with papal blessing, founded the Franciscans based on a simple statment by Jesus: “Leave all and follow me.” In 1212 Clare of Assisi became his spiritual student, which led to the founding of the Poor Clares. Visited and preached to the Saracens. Composed songs and hymns to God and nature. Lived with animals, worked with his hands, cared for lepers, cleaned churches, and sent food to thieves. In 1221 he resigned direction of the Franciscans. While in meditation on Mount Alvernia in the Apennines in September 1224, Francis received the stigmata, which periodically bled during the remaining two years of his life. This miracle has a separate memorial on 17 September. In the Middle Ages people who believed to be possessed by Beelzebub especially called upon the intercession of Saint Francis, the theory being that he was the demon‘s opposite number in heaven. Born 1181 at Assisi, Umbria, Italy as Francis Bernardone Died 4 October 1226 at Portiuncula, Italy of natural causes relics in Assisi, Italy Canonized 16 July 1228 by Pope Gregory IX Patronage against dying alone against fire animal welfare societies animals birds ecologists ecology environment environmentalism environmentalists families lace makers lace workers merchants (proclaimed for Italian traders by Pope XII on 23 February 1952) needle workers peace tapestry workers zoos Saint Anthony of Padua Also known as Antonio da Padova António de Lisboa Evangelical Doctor Memorial 13 June Profile Anthony’s wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan. Priest. When the remains of Saint Berard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his church, Anthony was moved to leave his order, enter the Friars Minor, and go to Morocco to evangelize. Shipwrecked at Sicily, he joined some other brothers who were going to the church in Portiuncula. Lived in a cave at San Paolo leaving only to attend Mass and sweep the nearby monastery. One day when a scheduled speaker failed to appear, the brothers pressed him into speaking. He impressed them so that he was thereafter constantly travelling, evangelizing, preaching, and teaching theology through Italy and France. A gifted speaker, he attracted crowds everywhere he went, speaking in multiple tongues; legend says that even the fish loved to listen. Miracle worker. One of the most beloved of saints, his images and statues are found everywhere – though none of them portray him as a heavy-set man, which some reports claim he was. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946. One source of the well-known patronage for the recovery of lost objects comes from a legend that, long after Anthony’s death, his old prayer book was kept as a treasured relic, and one day it disappeared. People prayed for help in finding the lost item, a novice found it and returned it; he later admitted that he had “borrowed” the book and returned it after receiving a vision of an angry Anthony. Born 1195 at Lisbon, Portugal Died 13 June 1231 of natural causes buried on the Tuesday following his death in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Padua, Italy legend says that all the sick who visited his new grave were healed Canonized 30 May 1232 by Pope Gregory IX at Spoleto, Italy Patronage against barrenness against shipwreck against starvation against starving against sterility American Indians amputees animals asses domestic animals elderly people expectant mothers faith in the Blessed Sacrament fishermen harvests horses lost articles lower animals mail mariners, sailors, watermen, boatmen oppressed people orphans paupers poor people pregnant women seekers of lost articles starving people swineherds travel hostesses

Price: 390 USD

Location: Amsterdam

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