Large Reliquary Bulb Of Saint Pascal Baylon And Saint Pantaleon

Beautiful blown glass reliquary bulb on its walnut support decorated with shells, containing relics of Saint Pascal Baylon, and Saint Pantaleon.
it is a mummified finger and a piece of mandible surrounded by gold thread braid and bearing the names of the saints, all protected by a cottony fiber.
a reliquary bulb from the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th century.
we meet this type of relic quite regularly in the Christian world and they represented an object of worship of reference for the faithful without any morbid connotation such as we could conceive it today.
on the contrary, the Church thus brought to the faithful a pledge of the life of these Saints. These men or women canonized and thus allowing believers to believe and refer to proofs of their existence and their benefits during their lives.
the Church therefore has a multitude of them and these relics represent an important reality of faith in the Christian world: we need proof to believe and objects of worship.
this bulb is a typical example.
a beautiful object of very good quality and collection.

size:
26.5 cm high and 13.5 cm square at the base in walnut.

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