Description: This is a antique copper theca with silver front, inside a relic of Saint Matthew the Apostle.Relic in place and wax seal and threads intact. Sealed with the seal of Petrus De Brabandere who was the 21st bishop of Bruges in Belgium.Comes with its original document signed in 1895.Comes from a convent in Belgium. Diameter 1,6 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 Matthew the ApostleAlso known as Levi Apostle of Ethiopia Matthew the Evangelist Memorial 21 September (Western calendar) 16 November (Eastern calendar) 6 May (translation of his relics) ProfileSon of Alphaeus, he lived at Capenaum on Lake Genesareth. He was a Roman tax collector, a position equated with collaboration with the enemy by those from whom he collected taxes. Jesus’ contemporaries were surprised to see the Christ with a traitor, but Jesus explained that he had come “not to call the just, but sinners.”Matthew’s Gospel is given pride of place in the canon of the New Testament, and was written to convince Jewish readers that their anticipated Messiah had come in the person of Jesus. He preached among the Jews for 15 years; his audiences may have included the Jewish enclave in Ethiopia, and places in the East.Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage accountants (traditional, and proclaimed for those in Italy on 6 August 1954 by Pope Pius XII) bankers bookkeepers currency exchanges customs officers financial officers (traditional, and proclaimed on 10 April 1934 by Pope Pius XXII) guards money changers money managers security forces security guards stock brokers tax collectors (traditional, and proclaimed for Italian tax collectors on 27 November 1964 by Pope Paul VI) Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers Trier, Germany, diocese of Washington, DC, archdiocese of in Italy Albanella Asiago Cannara Casalina, Pontremoli Covigliaio Fabrica di Roma Ortignano Raggiolo Salerno San Marco in Lamis Trepunti Villa d’Ogna San Mateo, Ibiza, Spain Pierre or Petrus De Brabandere (1828–1895) was the 21st bishop of Bruges in Belgium.De Brabandere was born in Ooigem, West Flanders, on 25 September 1828. He enrolled at the Major Seminary, Bruges, on 1 October 1848 and was ordained to the priesthood on 21 May 1853. He went on to study at the Catholic University of Leuven, graduating licentiate of canon law in 1857, after which he spent a year at the Belgian Pontifical College in Rome After returning to Belgium he briefly served in parish ministry in Ypres before being appointed professor of canon law at the seminary in Bruges in 1861. He wrote a manual of canon law that was a standard text for decades.He became the director of the seminary in 1869, and vicar general to Bishop Faict in 1880.[1] He became a canon of Bruges Cathedral in 1885, and vicar capitular after Bishop Faict's death in January 1894. He was appointed Faict's successor as bishop of Bruges on 18 May 1894 and was consecrated as bishop on 11 June 1894. He died in Bruges on 31 March 1895, having been bishop for less than a year.
Price: 1150 USD
Location: Amsterdam
End Time: 2024-10-11T08:32:46.000Z
Shipping Cost: 27 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Religion: Christianity
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
Handmade: Yes