Description: This is a copper theca with silver front, inside a relic (of the clothing) of Saint Margaret of Cortona.Relic in place and wax seal and threads intact.Comes with its original document signed in 1855. 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.Please contact me if you have any questions. Items cannot be returned! 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. 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 itemsThis is a original item and no copie or new made fake! Saint Margaret of CortonaMemorial 22 February 16 May on some calendars ProfileFarmer‘s daughter. Her mother died when Margaret was seven years old, and her step-mother considered the girl a nuisance. Margaret eloped with a young nobleman from Montepulciano, bore him a son, and lived as his mistress for nine years. In 1274 he was murdered by brigands, and his body dumped in a shallow grave.Margaret saw the incident as a sign from God. She publicly confessed to the affair, and tried to return to her father‘s house; he would not accept her. She and her son took shelter with the Friars Minor at Cortona. Still young and attractive, Margaret sometimes had trouble resisting temptation, but each incident was followed by periods of deep self-loathing. To make herself unappealing to local young men, she once tried to mutilate herself, but was stopped by a friar named Giunta.She earned her keep by tending to sick women. She later began caring for the sick poor, living on alms, asking nothing for her services. She became a Franciscan tertiary in 1277. Margaret developed an deep and intense prayer life, and was given to ecstacies during which she received messages from heaven.In 1286 Margaret received a charter to work with the sick poor. She gathered others of like mind, and formed them into a community of tertiaries. They were later given the status of a congregation, and called the Poverelle (Poor Ones). With them she founded a hospital at Cortona. Margaret preached against vice of all sorts to any who would listen. She developed a great devotion to the Eucharist and Passion, and prophesied the date of her own death.Though she worked for those in need, and though the poor sought her help and advice, the calumny of her earlier life followed her the rest of her days, and she was forever the target of local gossips.Born 1247 at Loviano, Tuscany, Italy Died 22 February 1297 at Cortona, Italy of natural causes Beatified 1515 by Pope Leo X 17 March 1653 by Pope Innocent X Canonized 16 May 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII Patronage against insanity against mental illness against sexual temptation against temptations falsely accused people hoboes homeless people loss of parents mentally ill people midwives penitent women people ridiculed for their piety reformed prostitutes single laywomen tertiaries tramps Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy, diocese of Cortona, Italy, diocese of Cortona, Italy
Price: 590 USD
Location: Amsterdam
End Time: 2024-03-29T05:40:48.000Z
Shipping Cost: 27 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Religion: Christianity
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
Handmade: Yes
