Very Rare Relic of SAINT AGNES Apostle Reliquary Vestment Gospel Chalice Rome
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Very Rare Relic of SAINT AGNES Apostle Reliquary Vestment Gospel Chalice Rome :
$99.99
AN EXPREMELY RARE GOLDEN THECA CONTAINING A HOLY 1st CLASS EX OSSIBUS RELIC OF SAINT AGNES, VIRGIN MARTYR OF ROME
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This Holy Reliquary is in excellent condition and has been taken very good care of and is from the estate of a Priest. It is a most Precious 1st Class Ex Ossibus Relic of this Holy Saint. An important Relic of the Church the traditional Canonical red wax Official Cardinal Seal, and unbroken red threads, are fully intact.
This is a TRUE Relic of the Church. The back of the Theca is still on this Holy Reliquary. There are no documents that accompany it.
Holy Relics are Holy Objects of Devotion in the Church and are Canonically permitted to be in the possession of the Laity, as well as the Clergy, for purposes of Veneration, Prayer, Healing, and Blessings.Its a piece of hair.
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It is extremely rare to find such a Holy Relic in this fine condition!Agnes of Rome
Agnes of Rome(c. 291 – c. 304) is avirgin–martyr, venerated as asaintin theRoman Catholic Church,Eastern Orthodox Church, theAnglican Communion, andLutheranism. She is one of seven women, who along with theBlessed Virgin, are commemorated by name in theCanon of the Mass. She is thepatron saintofchastity,gardeners, girls, engaged couples,rapevictims, and virgins.
She is depicted in art with alamb, as her name resembles theLatinword for \"lamb\",agnus. The name \"Agnes\" is actually derived from the feminine Greek adjective\"hagnē\"(ἁγνή) meaning \"chaste, pure, sacred\".
Her feast day is 21 January. In pre-1970 versions of theGeneral Roman Calendaran additional feast of the same saint is given one week later, on 28 January (seeTridentine Calendar). The1969 revisionremoved this as a duplication of the 21 January feast.[1]
ContentsEditAccording to tradition, Saint Agnes was a member of theRomannobility born 291 AD and raised in aChristianfamily. She suffered martyrdom at the age of twelve[2]or thirteen during the reign of theRoman EmperorDiocletian, on 21 January 304.
Agnes, whose name means “chaste” in Greek, was a beautiful young girl of wealthy family and therefore had many suitors of high rank. Details of her story are unreliable, but legend holds that the young men, slighted by Agnes\'s resolute devotion to religious purity, submitted her name to the authorities as a follower of Christianity.[3]
ThePrefectSempronius condemned her to be dragged naked through the streets to a brothel. Various versions of the legend give different methods of escape from this predicament. In one, as she prayed, her hair grew and covered her body.[4]It was also said that all of the men who attempted to rape her were immediately struck blind. In another the son of the prefect is struck dead, but revived after Agnes prayed for him, causing her release. There is then a trial from which Sempronius excuses himself, and another figure presides, sentencing her to death. When led out to die she wastied to a stake, but the bundle of wood would not burn, or the flames parted away from her, whereupon the officer in charge of the troops drew hisswordandbeheadedher, or, in some other texts, stabbed her in the throat. It is also said that the blood of Agnes poured to the stadium floor where other Christians soaked up the blood with cloths.
Agnes depicted on the Royal Gold CupAgnes was buried beside the Via Nomentana in Rome.[3]A few days after Agnes\'s death, her foster-sister, SaintEmerentiana, was found praying by her tomb; she claimed to be the daughter of Agnes\'swet nurse, and was stoned to death after refusing to leave the place and reprimanding the pagans for killing her foster sister. Emerentiana was also latercanonized. The daughter ofConstantine I,Saint Constance, was also said to have been cured ofleprosyafter praying at Agnes\'s tomb. Emerentiana and Constance appear in the scenes from the life of Agnes on the 14th-centuryRoyal Gold Cupin theBritish Museum.
An early account of Agnes\'s death, stressing her young age, steadfastness and virginity, but not the legendary features of the tradition, is given bySaint Ambrose.
O HOLY SAINT AGNES, VIRGIN MARTYR OF ROME, INTERCEDE WITH CHRIST OUR GOD, THAT OUR SOULS MIGHT BE SAVED!
Very Rare Relic of SAINT AGNES Apostle Reliquary Vestment Gospel Chalice Rome :
$99.99