Description: This is a copper theca with silver front, inside a relic of Saint Eligius of Noyon. Comes with its original document signed in 1839. Relic in place and wax seal and threads intact. Sealed with the seal of Engelbertus Sterckx.Comes from a convent in Belgium. Diameter of the theca 1,4 inch. Shipping and handling US$ 27,00 by insured priority mail and tracking number. All my items are securely packet, to avoid all possible damage.Please contact me if you have any questions. Items cannot be returned! Our Non Paying Buyer process is now automatically managed by Ebay. The process starts four days after auction end and closes as soon as payment is received. As per Ebay policy,this reliquary does not contain human remains but only objects of devotion. Please be carefull when buying relics online. Fake relics are increasingly more and more of a problem. Most of the relics I sell are from convents in Belgium and Italy. I have been collecting relics for more than 25 years. I consider myself an expert. Please contact me if you have any questions. Please see my other auctions for more antique catholic items Saint Eligius of NoyonAlso known as Alar Elaere Elar Elard Eler Eloi Eloy Eloye Iler Loie Loije Loy Memorial 1 December 24 June (translation of relics, and blessing of horses) 8 November as one of the Saints of the Diocese of Evry ProfileSon of Eucherius and Terrigia. Extremely skillful metalsmith. Apprenticed to the master of the mint at Limoges, France. Treasurer at Marseilles, France. Master of the mint under King Clotaire II in Paris, France; a close friend of and advisor to Clotaire. Noted for his piety, hard work and honesty, Eligius was generous to the poor, ransomed slaves (including Saint Tillo of Solignac), built churches, a monastery at Solignac, France, and a major convent in Paris. It was said that you could easily find his house by the number of poor people there that he was caring for. Counselor to and diplomat for King Dagobert I. Friend of Saint Ouen of Rouen with whom he formed a small religious society. Persuaded Breton King Judicael to accept the authority of Dagobert.Ordained in 640. Bishop of Noyon, France and Tournai, Belgium in 641. Built the basilica of Saint Paul. Preacher in Antwerp, Ghent, and Courtai in Belgium, with many converts, generally brought to the faith by his example of charity and work with the poor and sick. Friend and spiritual teacher of Saint Godeberta. Encouraged devotion to the saints and reverence for their relics; he discovered the relics of Saint Quentin, Saint Piaton, and Saint Lucian of Beauvais, and made many reliquaries himself. Miracle worker with the gifts of clairvoyance and prophecy; he foresaw the date of his own death.He has become the traditional patron of all smiths, metal workers, and craftsmen. His patronage of horses and the people who work with them stems first from his patronage of smiths and craftmen, but also from his having left a horse to a priest at his death. The new bishop liked the horse, and took it from the priest. The horse became sick, but recovered immediately when it was returned to the priest that Eligius had chosen. There is also a legend of Eligius removing a horse‘s leg in order to easy shoe it, then putting the leg back in place. In some places horses are blessed on his feast day. Through the years, horse-drawn cabs were replaced by motorized ones, and stables were supplanted by garages and gas stations, but the patronage of the people who do those jobs and work in those places has remained.Born 588 at Catelat, near Limoges, France Died 1 December 660 at Noyon, France of high fever interred in the cathedral of Noyon Canonized Pre-Congregation Patronage against boils against enteritis against epidemics against equine diseases against poverty against ulcers agricultural workers basket makers blacksmiths boilermakers cab drivers cabmen candle makers carpenters carriage makers cart makers carters cartwrights clock makers coachmen coachwrights computer scientists craftsmen cutlers cutlery makers electricians engravers farm workers farmers farriers garage workers gas station workers gilders gold workers goldsmiths guards gunsmiths harness makers horse traders horseshoe makers jewelers jockeys knife makers laborers lamp makers livestock locksmiths mechanics metal workers metalsmiths miners minters minting numismatics REME Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers saddle makers saddlers scissors grinders security guards servants silversmiths taxi drivers teamsters tinsmiths tool makers veterinarians watch makers wheelwrights Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths coin collectors garages gas stations horses livestock metal collectors numismatists peasants petrol stations precious metal collectors sick horses Eloois-Vijve, Belgium Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Belgium Carrozzieri, Italy Schinveld, Netherlands Engelbertus Sterckx was born 2 November 1792 in Ophem, Brabant. His parents were farmers. He began his studies in Vilvoorde, after which he studied humanities at the college of Enghien (1805-1807). After secondary school in Leuven, he entered the Major Seminary, Mechelen, on 18 September 1811 and in 1813 was named subsecretary of archdiocesan curia of Mechelen in 1813.on 18 February 1815. He was vice-regent and professor of philosophy and moral theology at Mechelen from 1815 to 1821 when he was appointed pastor at Boechout. In 1824 he was appointed archpriest of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. In 1827, he was named vicar general to Archbishop, Francis Anthony de Méan of Mechelen, and organized the opposition of the clergy to the religious policies of William I.
Price: 625 USD
Location: Amsterdam
End Time: 2024-04-01T05:45:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 27 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Religion: Christianity
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
Handmade: Yes
