Description: This is a antique copper theca with silver front, inside a relic of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.Relic in place, the wax seal has some damage, and two of the threads are broken. Sealed with the seal of Engelbertus Sterckx who was Archbishop at Mechelen. Comes with its original document signed in 1841.Comes from a convent in Belgium. Diameter 1,4 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 Bartholomew the ApostleAlso known as Bartolomé Bartolomeo Nathanael bar Tolomai Apostle of Armenia Memorial 24 August (Roman calendar) 11 June (Orthodox calendar) 13 February (translation of relics) 5 March (Lipari, Sicily, Italy to celebrate the end of a plague in 1823 through the intercession of Saint Bartholomew) 16 November (Lipari, Sicily, Italy to celebrate the escape of the earthquake in 1894) ProfileOne of the Twelve Apostles. Probably a close friend of Saint Philip; Bartholomew’s name is always mentioned in the Gospels in connection with Philip, and it was Philip who brought Bartholomew to Jesus. May have written a gospel, now lost; it is mentioned in other writings of the time. May have preached in Asia Minor, Ethiopia, India and Armenia; some one did, leaving behind assorted writings, and local tradition says it was Bartholomew. Martyr.Born Galilee Died flayed alive at Albanopolis, Armenia relics at Saint Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, Italy some relics in the cathedral in Canterbury, England some relics enshrined in the Saint Thomas Cathedral Basilica in Santhome, Chennai, India Patronage against convulsions against hernia against nervous diseases against neurological diseases against skin diseases against twitching bakers bookbinders butchers cheesemongers dyers cobblers, shoemakers farmers fishermen Florentine cheese merchants Florentine salt merchants furriers glove makers leather workers miners plasterers saddlers shepherds tailors tanners trappers winemakers whiteners Aeolian Islands Armenia Azerbaijan Merksem, Belgium Potosí, Bolivia Plzen, Czech Republic in Germany Altenburg Frankfurt am Main in Italy Benevento, diocese of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy, archdiocese of Patti, diocese of Anghiari Arsoli Avezzano Barberino Val d’Elsa Benevento, city of Bibbona Bojano Borgo Tossignano Boves Busseto Cantalupo, Cerro Maggiore Capannoli Capriana Carpineto dell Nora Casa Corvi, Pontremoli Cassano Irpino Cassolnovo Civitella in Val di Chiana Cludinico, Ovaro Florence Formigine Gambatesa Geraci Siculo Germagno Lipari, Sicily Malpotremo Morrona Orgnano, Basiliano Ormelle Portis, Venzone Rodì Milici Roggio Salzano Trino Vertine Gharghur, Malta Maastricht, Netherlands Magalang, Philippines Borba, Portugal Almagro, Spain 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: 875 USD
Location: Amsterdam
End Time: 2024-12-11T09:34:43.000Z
Shipping Cost: 27 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Religion: Christianity
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
Handmade: Yes
