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Reliquary theca with relics of 2 Pope Saints: St. Sylvester & St. Gregory I (the Great).

Round glass-fronted gilt brass reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relics of two early Popes: Pope Saint Sylvester I and Pope Saint GregoryI ( the Great). The relics are affixed to a red silk background and identified on manuscript cedulae labels. On the back, the theca is secured with a perfectly-preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of an unidentified Italian Roman Catholic Bishop.

Pope Saint Sylvester I (†335) was the bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death. He filled the see of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, yet very little is known of him. The accounts of his pontificate preserved in the seventh- or eighth-century Liber Pontificalis contain little more than a record of the gifts said to have been conferred on the church by Constantine I. According to tradition, the Emperor Constantine was cured of leprosy by virtue of the baptismal water administered by Sylvester. He is consdered a Holy Patron of Feroleto Antico, Sylvestrine, Benedictines and Nonantola. His feast is celebrated as Saint Sylvester's Day, on 31 December in Western Christianity and on 2 January in Eastern Christianity.

Pope Gregory I (†604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was one of the Latin Fathers and a Doctor of the Church. He is considered a saint in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, various Lutheran denominations, and other Protestant denominations. He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Gregory is also well known for his writings, which were more prolific than those of any of his predecessors as pope. The epithet Saint Gregory the Dialogist has been attached to him in Eastern Christianity because of his Dialogues. Throughout the Middle Ages, he was known as "the Father of Christian Worship" because of his exceptional efforts in revising the Roman worship of his day. His contributions to the development of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, still in use in the Byzantine Rite, were so significant that he is generally recognized as its de facto author. Immediately after his death, Gregory was canonized by popular acclaim. He is the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers. His Feastday is commemorated on 3 September (Latin Church) and 12 March (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Churches, Anglicanism, Lutheranism).

Additional Info

  • ID#: 276-17-RSCR-12
  • Size: 53 mm (2 inches) across
  • Age: ca. 19th century
  • Origin: Italy
  • Materials: brass, glass, silk, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price: $975
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