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RELIQUAIRE

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RELIQUARY
OF SAINT GRÉGOIRE THE GREAT
in the form of an oval copper pendant with
containing a relic of Saint Gregory the Great
(ossibus) on a red cloth with the handwritten
handwritten legend: "S. GREGORII.
MAGNI.PAPAE" in orle. The mount is sealed
with the episcopal seal of Mgr Sébastien-
Michel Amelot de Chaillou, bishop of Vannes
(1774 - 1790).
18th century.
Height: 4 cm - Width: 3.1 cm
(Minor accidents and visible missing parts)

Relic approved by the sacred congregation
des indulgences et des sacrées reliques with
authentic issued on June 13, 1754,
signed by Prelate Alberico Archinto, verified
by Mgr Sébastien-Michel Amelot de Chaillou,
bishop of Vannes (1774 - 1790) on April 16, 1786.