1 Exceptional And Very Rare Reliquary Shrine Inside Exhumed "Ex Ossibus" Relics Of St. Agapitus
Exceptional And Very Rare Reliquary Shrine Inside Exhumed "Ex Ossibus" Relics Of St. Agapitus Belgium 19th century
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND SPECIAL ORIGINALLY SEALED RELIQUARY / SHRINE , INSIDE EXHUMED “EX OSSIBUS”- RELICS OF ST. AGAPITUS , 102 X 48 X 48 CM / 41” X 19” X 19” , BELGIUM, ANNO ABOUT 1835 .
EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINALY SEALED RELIQUARY / SHRINE INSIDE EX-HUMED BONES (“EX OSSIBUS”) OF ST. AGAPITUS.
MUSEUM-PIECE FROM THE CAPUCIN-MONASTERY IN EDEGEM – BELGIUM, ANNO ABOUT 1835. HIGHER PRICE-RANGE.
SIZES: 102 X 48 X 48 CM / 41” X 19” X 19” .
![[Saint Agapitus]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintabe.jpg "jpg detail of an old holy card with an image of a painting of Saint Agapitus; painting on the wall of the Cathedral of Palestrina; artist unknown")
Also known as
- Agapetus the Martyr
- Agapitus of Palestrina
- Agapitus of Praeneste
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Fifteen year old boy who proudly, publicly proclaimed his Christianity during the persecution of Aurelian. Martyr.
Because he was a young man, and because the heroic way he met his martyrdom brought about many conversions, his was a favourite story in times past, and often grew in the telling, but we know very little about him for sure.
Born
- 259 in Palestrina, Italy
- thrown to wild animals in the arena
- when they would not touch him, he was beheaded c.274 at Palestrina, Italy
- relics at Palestrina, Italy and Besancon, France