Agnus dei Pope Leo XIII (nunswork)

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Agnus dei Pope Leo XIII (nunswork)

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Sold Date: 06/25/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Fraternal, Political, Organizations

This is a wooden frame with Agnus Dei .Dated 1904 (Pope Leo XIII) Around it decorations in straw made by nuns around 1900.It is a typical example of folkart and a lot of work to made.Measures of the Agnus dei 2.2x1.7 inch measures of the frame 13x16.5 inch. Shipping and handling US$ 39 by registered priority mail .All my items are securely packet, to avoid all possible damage. I prefure payment by Paypal or cash by registered mail. Please see my other auctions for more antique items. Agnus Dei Although its origin is shrouded in the mist of antiquity, the sacramental Agnus Dei is first mentioned in historical Church accounts as early as the sixth century, and referred to frequently by the early to middle ninth century. Thus, for over ten centuries the Agnus Dei has been a popular and treasured sacramental to Catholics, especially to those living in Europe w it was most easily obtained. Yet, regrettably, few Catholics living today have ever even heard of the Agnus Dei. the name "Agnus Dei" was given to special discs of wax impressed with the figure of a lamb, the "Lamb of God" which were blessed by the reigning Pope in a ceremony so solemn that the Pope was said to consecrate the sacramentals. Popes traditionally consecrated Agnus Deis only during the first year of their pontificate and again every seven years. In earlier times, on Holy Saturday, the Pope, with the assistance of the Archdeacon of Rome, prepared the wax from the previous year's paschal candles, adding both chrism and balsam to the wax. The Agnus Deis were subsequently consecrated. Pope Leo XIII Also known as

Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci

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Sixth of seven children born to Ludovico Pecci and Anna Prosperi Buzzi. His older brother became Cardinal Giuseppe Pecci. Confirmed on 25 August 1817 . Studied at the Jesuit college at Viterbo , Italy from 1818 to 1824 , then the Collegio Romano from 1824 to 1832 , the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles in Rome in 1832 ); he received his doctorate in theology in 1836 from the Archgymnasium of Rome , doctor of civil and canon law from La Sapienza University in Rome . Appointed domestic prelate to the pope on 6 February 1837 . Referendary of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace on 16 March 1837 . Relator of the Congregation of Good Government on 28 June 1837 . Ordained on 31 December 1837 . Apostolic delegate in Benevento on 17 February 1838 . Apostolic delegate in Spoleto on 12 June 1841 . Apostolic delegate in Perugia on 17 July 1841 . Titular archbishop of Damietta on 27 January 1843 . Apostolic nuncio to Belgium on 28 January 1843 . Named papal assistant on 10 February 1843 . Bishop of Perugia from 19 January 1846 till 1877 . Created cardinal -priest on 19 December 1853 . Camerlengo of the Church on 21 September 1877 . Chosen 256th pope in 1878 .
Leo's election changed the course of the papacy . He was a modern man of his times, and he worked, by preaching and writing , to bring Catholic attitudes into the modern world without losing it's core. He managed to end Kulturkampf in 1887 . He tried to bring French Catholics to support the republic. His 1885 encyclical Immortale Dei explained the position of Catholics as citizens in modern secular, democratic states. He refuted the French royalists' claim that they were exceptional Catholics , and the French anti -Catholics contention that the Church was politically reactionary; overall he supported and vindicated Catholic democrats He opposed the anti -Catholic government of Italy . In Rerum novarum in 1891, Leo explained the sad deficiencies of Marxism and gave an early warning of the misery it would inflict on the world. He countered intellectual attacks on Christianity by advancing Thomism, with its insistence that t is no conflict between science and faith; he wrote Aeterni Patris in 1879 in which he declared the philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas official, and required its study. He founded the institute of Thomistic philosophy at the University of L...