Reliquary relic Saint Dominic de Guzman

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This is a metal reliquary with silver front,inside a relic of the Saint Dominic de Guzman .Wax seal and threads intact and relic in place.Diameter 1.6 inch. Shipping and handling US$ 22.00 by registered priority mail. All my items are securely packet, to avoid all possible damage. I prefure Please see my other auctions for more antique catholic item. Saint Dominic de Guzman Memorial 8 August 24 May - translation of his relics Profile Born of wealthy Spanish nobility. Son of Blessed Joan of Aza . Joan had difficulty conceiving , and prayed at the shrine of Saint Dominic of Silos who had a tradition of patronage of that problem ; when she became pregnant she named the child Dominic in honour of the Saint . While pregnant , Blessed Joan mother had a vision that her unborn child was a dog who would set the world on fire with a torch it carried in its mouth; a dog with a torch in its mouth became a symbol for the Order which he founded, the Dominicans . At Dominic’s baptism , Blessed Joan saw a star shining from his chest, which became another of his symbols in art , and led to his patronage of astronomy . Studied philosophy and theology at the University of Palencia. Priest . Canon of the cathedral of Osma, Spain . Augustinian . Worked for clerical reform. Had a lifelong apostolate among heretics , especially Albigensians , and read more

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