Skull Of Saint Clair Martyr In A Hunting Showcase - 18th Century

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Skull Of Saint Clair Martyr In A Hunting Showcase - 18th Century

Name: Skull Of Saint Clair Martyr In A Hunting Showcase - 18th Century
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: FQI582RSZR
Price: 7200 EUR
Availability: InStock

By Gallery le Jardin des Moines

7.200 €

Period 18th century

Style Other style

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From: 69270, fontaines sur Saone, France

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Exceptional reliquary hunt, in carved and gilded wood, honoring the notable relics of Saint Clair, whose entire skull is covered with gauze and an abundant arrangement of golden threads and pearls.
Which montage protects and redraws the face of our Holy Man. A crown of braided laurels, symbol of the martyrs, is placed on its head.
On the bottom of this reliquary, accompanying the relic in His Holiness, a pelican in Glory, represents His love in Christic mysticism.
Our skull rests on red velvet, the symbolic color of Christ.

This is probably the presumed Saint Clair, Benedictine priest and martyr of the year 884.
Popular tradition tells us that “a noble woman pursues him with her assiduities, he must flee again. He found refuge in a hermitage on the banks of the Epte. Furious at having been rejected, the woman sends her soldiers to kill him. The soldiers decapitated him on November 4, 884, took his head and immersed it in the fountain located near his hermitage. Since then, this fountain has had a reputation for working miracles.” Source Nominis
Numerous seals from the Freising region in Germany guarantee the inviolability of this reliquary.
Dimensions of 53 cm long by 44 cm high 35 cm deep

A crack in a window - Some gaps - Traces of old wormholes.

Ref: FQI582RSZR

Additional Information

Condition	Good
Style	Other style (Religious objects of Other style Style)
Period	18th century (Religious objects 18th century)
Country of origin	Germany
Length (cm)	53
Height (cm)	44
Depth (cm)	35