£150
Curiosity/Macabre: Theca Reliquary Relic of Saint Maria Goretti
Mid-20th century round glass-fronted silvered metal theca housing first class ex corpore (of the body) relic of Saint Maria Goretti (1890-1902). Created by the Postulator of the Passionists Order in the month of her canonization in 1950. The reverse with inlaid embossed metal portrait of the saint.
Saint Maria Goretti (1890 - 1902) is an Italian virgin-martyr (the V.M written in the relic) of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest canonised saints. On the 24th June 1950, Pope Pius XII canonized Maria as a saint, the "Saint Agnes of the 20th century”. Maria's body is kept in the crypt of the Basilica of Nostra Signora del Grazie e Santa Maria Goretti in Nettuno, south of Rome.
She is a Holy Patron of victims of rape, crime victims, teenage girls, modern youth, and Children of Mary.
Pieces of saints and martyrs, including bones, teeth, clothing or hair are set inside containers called thecas or reliquaries.
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