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Reliquary, gilded medallion dedicated to Saint Louis de Montfort, ossibus, nineteenth

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Reliquary, gilded medallion dedicated to Saint Louis de Montfort, ossibus, nineteenth

Shrine dedicated to Louis de Montfort * (ossibus) in a metal medallion golden era of the nineteenth century.

This reliquary is in good condition.
A report: normal wear, see photos.

* Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort says Father (1673-1716):

Saint and confessor of the Catholic Church. He is a major representative of the second generation of the French school of spirituality. Born in Britain, he is first a student of the Jesuits in Rennes before going to Paris to prepare for the priesthood. He was ordained priest in 1700. Born into a wealthy bourgeois family Louis-Marie vow of poverty and will only deal with the poor. He founded in 1703 with Marie-Louise Trichet, a congregation of women, purely hospital originally, the Daughters of Wisdom, which quickly spread its activity to teach poor children. He decided in 1705 to bring together a Company of Mary priests and catechists trained. His missionary activity he is to be appointed by Clement XI apostolic missionary in France. After his death, this core will develop in two directions: The Company of Mary, a religious congregation of missionaries rural (Montfort Fathers) and the Congregation of the Brothers of teaching Holy Spirit (now Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel in the nineteenth century). He died at age 43. He was canonized in 1947.

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  • Dimensions 3,5 cm