Lot no. 225
RELIQUARY
OF SAINT GRÉGOIRE THE GREAT
in the form of an oval copper pendant with
containing a relic of Saint Gregory the Great
(ossibus) on a red cloth with the handwritten
handwritten legend: "S. GREGORII.
MAGNI.PAPAE" in gold. The frame sealed
with the episcopal seal of Mgr Sébastien-
Michel Amelot de Chaillou, bishop of Vannes
(1774 - 1790).
18th century.
Height: 4 cm - Width: 3.1 cm
(Minor accidents and visible missing parts)
Relic approved by the sacred congregation
des indulgences et des sacrées reliques with
authentic issued on 13 June 1754,
signed by Prelate Alberico Archinto, verified
by Mgr Sébastien-Michel Amelot de Chaillou,
bishop of Vannes (1774 - 1790) on 16 April 1786.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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