1 Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus Sancti Eligii Episcopus. With Original Document


Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus Sancti Eligii Episcopus. With Original Document en Brass / Glass / Wax Seal, Belgium 19 th century


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Eligius
The Legend of Saint Eligius and Saint Godeberta by Petrus Christus[a]
ConfessorBishop
Born 11 June 588
ChaptelatFrancia
Died 1 December 660
NoyonNeustria, Francia
Venerated in
Canonized Pre-Congregation
Feast 1 December
Attributes AnvilBishop with a crosier in his right hand, on the open palm of his left a miniature church of chased gold; bishop with a hammer, anvil, and horseshoe; bishop with a horsecourtiergoldsmith; hammer; holding a horse's leg, which he detached from the horse in order to shoe it more easily; horseshoe; man grasping a devil's nose with pincers; man holding a chalice and goldsmith's hammer; man shoeing a horse; man with hammer and crown near a smithy; man with hammer, anvil, and Anthony the Great; pincers; with Godeberta; giving a ring to Godeberta; working as a goldsmith
Patronage Cartwrights; clockmakers; coin collectors; craftsmen of all kinds; cutlers; exercise riders and grooms; gilders; goldsmiths; harness makers; horses; jewelersjockeys; knife makers; laborers; locksmiths; metalworkers in general; minersmintersRoyal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersRoyal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineerssaddlers; toolmakers; veterinarians; watchmakers
 
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