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EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND SPECIAL ORIGINALLY SEALED RELIQUARY / SHRINE , INSIDE EXHUMED “EX OSSIBUS”- RELICS OF ST. AGAPITUS , 102 X 48 X 48 CM / 41” X 19” X 19” , BELGIUM, ANNO ABOUT 1835 .
EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINALY SEALED RELIQUARY / SHRINE INSIDE EX-HUMED BONES (“EX OSSIBUS”) OF ST. AGAPITUS.
MUSEUM-PIECE FROM THE CAPUCIN-MONASTERY IN EDEGEM – BELGIUM, ANNO ABOUT 1835. HIGHER PRICE-RANGE.
SIZES: 102 X 48 X 48 CM / 41” X 19” X 19” .
Also known as
Agapetus the Martyr
Agapitus of Palestrina
Agapitus of Praeneste
Memorial
18 August
18 April on some calendars
Profile
Fifteen year old boy who proudly, publicly proclaimed his Christianity during the persecution of Aurelian. Martyr.
Because he was a young man, and because the heroic way he met his martyrdom brought about many conversions, his was a favourite story in times past, and often grew in the telling, but we know very little about him for sure.
Born
259 in Palestrina, Italy
Died
thrown to wild animals in the arena
when they would not touch him, he was beheaded c.274 at Palestrina, Italy
relics at Palestrina, Italy and Besancon, France
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