LARGE STERLING SILVER RELIQUARY, LARGE TRUE CROSS RELIC
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A spiritual treasure, worthy of the treasury of a Cathedral : LARGE BAROCQUE STERLING SILVER ALTAR RELIQUARY WITH A RELIC OF THE TRUE CROSS Genoa, ca. 1760 A wonderful piece and one of the most beautiful and precious reliquaries I ever offered - a masterpiece of the silversmiths of one of the most prestigious city states of Italy, the home of Christopher Columbus, Genoa. Height: ca. 10 inches The reliquary has a wooden back and a thicksterling silver front WITH SILVER HALLMARK and many fine details. In the center is the cross of Christ - rays radiate from it. Inside, placed on a golden background, is a carved rock crystal cross, surrounded by a filigree silver edge, sealed with the red wax seal of a Cardinal with the threads intact. Inside are two VERY LONG splinters of the True Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Please note that most True Cross relics are just tiny, microscopic particles - the vertical one os about 1 inch in length! Wood of the Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to several Church historians of the 4th and 5th century, the True Cross was discovered in 325 AD when Emperor Constantine the Great ordered the removal of a pagan temple built by Hadrian over the site of the Calvary and the Holy Sepulchre. Beneath the structure, in an old cistern, three crosses, the title with the inscription "Jesus of
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