ANTIQUE CATHOLIC CRUCIFX OPENS TO SHOW ROMAN CATHOLIC SACRED RELICS INSIDE

Description

CRUCIFIX MEASURES APPROX. 2" BY 1X1/4".
STAINLESS STEEL CHAIN NECKLACE IS APPROX. 21" IN LENGTH.
BOTTOM SCREW SECURES THE HALF OF THE CRUCIFIX THAT OPENS.
ONE SACRED RELIC IS AN AGNUS DEI
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. THE OTHER IS OF THE MARTYR
ST. ELISABETH.
CRUCIFIX CRAFTED IN PRE-WAR GERMANY.
NICE CLEAN ANTIQUE CONDITION.
THE NECKLACE IS NEW.
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THE AGNUS DEI RELIC IS A VERY SMALL PIECE OF WAX FROM THE BLESSED CANDLES THAT WERE BURNED BEFORE THE
ALTAR IN THE CHURCHES OF ROME. THIS WAX WAS THEN MADE INTO LARGE CAKES OF WAX AND BLESSED BY THE REIGNING POPE.
THEY WERE THEN CUT INTO VERY SMALL PIECES AND DISTRIBUTED TO RELIGIOUS ORDERS,CONVENTS,AND MONASTERIES THROUGH OUT THE WORLD
AS VERY SPECIAL SACRAMENTAL'S FROM THE VATICAN / POPE. THE CAKES OF WAX WERE BLESSED ONLY ON THE DAY OF THE OPENING OF THE HOLY
DOORS AT THE START OF THE HOLY YEAR. THIS TIME HONORED ROMAN CATHOLIC PRACTICE WAS DISCONTINUED AFTER THE VATICAN II COUNCIL IN THE 1960'S.