Description: Reliquary of an important saint and rare to find! This is the actual handwriting of Saint Cajetan of Thiene founder. The manuscript is in the silver reliquary sealed intact. No doc found. The reliquary must be from early 17th century. This was originally in a monastery of the benedictines in puglia Italy. It will never be again that one comes across this opportunity! His own hand written words!! Who was San Gaetano? Cajetan was born in October 1480, the son of Gaspar, lord ofThiene, and Mary Porta, persons of the first rank among the nobility of the territory ofVicenza, inVeneto[1]Region. His father died when he was two years of age. Quiet and retiring by nature,[2]he was predisposed to piety by his mother. Cajetan studiedlawinPadua, receiving his degree asdoctor utriusque juris(i.e., in civil and canon law) at age 24. In 1506 he worked as a diplomat forPope Julius II, with whom he helped reconcile theRepublic of Venice.[3]But he was not ordained apriestuntil the year 1516. With the death of Pope Julius II in 1513, Cajetan withdrew from the papal court.[3]Recalled to Vicenza by the death of his mother, he founded in 1522 ahospitalfor incurables there.[4]By 1523, he had established a hospital in Venice, as well. His interests were as much or more devoted to spiritual healing than the physical kind, and he joined a confraternity in Rome called the "Oratory of Divine Love".[1]He intended to form a group that would combine the spirit ofmonasticismwith the exercises of the active ministry.
Price: 8500 USD
Location: Ta'xbiex
End Time: 2024-11-01T22:38:40.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Religion: Christianity
Featured Refinements: Reliquary
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
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