Description: This is a antique copper theca with silver front, inside a relic of Saint Apollonia of Alexandria.Relic in place and wax seal and threads intact. Sealed with the seal of Engelbertus Sterckx who was Archbishop at Mechelen.Comes with its original document signed in 1837.Comes from a convent in Belgium. Diameter 1,5 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! This is a antique item and no copie or new made fake!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. Please see my other auctions for more antique catholic items. Saint Apollonia of AlexandriaAlso known as Apolline of Alexandria Memorial 9 February formerly 7 February ProfileConsecrated virgin. Deaconess. During an anti-Christian uprising in Alexandria, Egypt caused by a pagan prophecy, the mob seized Apollonia as a leader among the local Christians. After her teeth were broken with pincers, she was given the choice of renouncing Christ or being burned alive; she lept onto the fire herself. Martyr.Died burned to death c.249 at Alexandria, Egypt Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage against tooth disease against toothache dental technicians dentists in Belgium Achterbos Elst Italy Ariccia Asso Cantalupo, Cerro Maggiore Cantù Cuccaro Monferrato Engelbertus Sterckx was born 2 November 1792 in Ophem, Brabant. His parents were farmers. He began his studies in Vilvoorde, after which he studied humanities at the college of Enghien (1805-1807). After secondary school in Leuven, he entered the Major Seminary, Mechelen, on 18 September 1811 and in 1813 was named subsecretary of archdiocesan curia of Mechelen in 1813. Sterckx was ordained, with an age exemption, as priest for the Archdiocese of Mechelen, on 18 February 1815. He was vice-regent and professor of philosophy and moral theology at Mechelen from 1815 to 1821 when he was appointed pastor at Boechout. In 1824 he was appointed archpriest of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. In 1827, he was named vicar general to Archbishop, Francis Anthony de Méan of Mechelen, and organized the opposition of the clergy to the religious policies of William I.
Price: 775 USD
Location: Amsterdam
End Time: 2024-10-09T15:37:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: 27 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Religion: Christianity
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
Handmade: Yes
