This is a antique
copper theca with silver front, inside a relic
of Pope Saint Cornelius.Relic in place and wax seal and threads intact. Comes
with its original document,signed in 1869. Seal
is from Petrus Lambertus Goossens who was Archbishop of
Mechelen.
Comes from a convent
in Belgium. Diameter 1,5 inch.Shipping
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Pope Saint Cornelius
Memorial
Profile
Bishop.
Reluctant 21st pope, elected after a year-and-a-half period during which
the persecutions were so bad that papal ascension was a
quick death sentence.
Worked
to maintain unity in a time of schism and apostasy. Fought Novatianism and
called a synod of bishops to confirm him as rightful pontiff, as
opposed to the anti-pope Novatian. Had the support of Saint Cyprian
of Carthage and Saint Dionysius. He welcomed back those who
had apostacized during the persecutions of Decius; the
documents that settled this matter prove the final authority of the Pope. Exiled to
Centemcellae in 252 by Roman authorities to punish Christians in
general, who were said to have provoked the gods to send plague against Rome. Martyr.
A
document from Cornelius shows the size of the Church in Rome in
his papacy: 46 priests, 7 deacons, 7 subdeacons, approximately
50,000 Christians.
Papal Ascension
Died
Name Meaning
Patronage
Victor Augustin Isidore
Dechamps (6 December 1810, in Melle – 29 September
1883, in Mechelen) was a Belgian Archbishop of Mechelen, Cardinal and Primate
of Belgium.
He
and his brothers made rapid progress in science under their father's direction.
One, Adolphe Deschamps, entered on a political career. Victor pursued his
ecclesiastical studies first at the seminary of Tournai and then in the
Catholic University begun at Mechelen and afterwards transferred to Louvain.
Ordained
priest 20 December 1834, he entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
in 1835, and made his vows 13 June 1836.[2] The next four years he spent at
Wittem as prefect of students and lector in dogmatic theology. In 1840 he began
his missionary life and in 1842 was nominated rector at Liège. He took an
active part in the founding of the Confraternity of the Holy Family, which he
considered his most salutary work. In the historic jubilee of Liège he had a
large share both by his "Le plus beau souvenir de l'histoire de
Liège", and by his preaching (1845–46).
He
visited England and saw the effects of the Tractarian movement. In 1849 he was
nominated consultor general of his congregation, and took up his residence at
Pagani near Naples just when Pope Pius IX was in exile at Gaeta. He had several
audiences with the pope and was instrumental in arranging the transfer of the
superior general from Pagani to Rome. This was not effected till 1855, when
Pius IX invited Father Dechamps to the first general chapter held in Rome. The
question of his appointment to the See of Liège was considered in 1852, but the
pope, touched by his personal appeal, did not insist. In 1865 Dechamps became
Bishop of Namur, whence he was transferred in 1875 to the Archdiocese of
Mechelen and made primate.
He
took an active part in the formation of the Pontifical Zouaves, and persuaded
General Lamoricière to offer his services to Pius IX. He battled for Catholic
schools and defended papal infallibility before and during the Vatican Council.
Cardinal Manning and Dechamps were indefatigable; and they became cardinals in
the same consistory, 15 March 1875. Cardinal Deschamps was appointed Cardinal-Priest
of San Bernardo alle Terme. Dechamps worked to the very end. He said Mass on 28
September 1883, and died the day following in the arms of a Redemptorist who
happened to be present. He was buried, as he had desired, by the side of Joseph
Passerat at Rumilliers.
The
complete works of Dechamps, revised by himself, were published in seventeen
volumes at Mechelen. In presenting fourteen of the seventeen volumes to Pope
Leo XIII on 7 February 1879, the author writes: "There is one thing that
consoles me, Holy Father, in sending you my poor works: they are all
consecrated to the truths of our holy Faith... . Volume I is consecrated to the
truths of faith; II to Our Lord Jesus Christ; V to the Blessed Virgin Mary; III
and IV to the Church and St. Peter; VI to the pope and his infallibility; VII,
VIII, and IX to the refutation of modern errors; X, XI, XII, XIII, and XIV to
my preaching as bishop and to acts by which I governed my diocese." Of the
remaining volumes, XV, "Mélanges", deals with many important questions;
XVI and XVII contain letters on questions in philosophy, theology, and other
subjects.
Cardinal
Dechamps's brother, Adolphe Deschamps, served as minister of public works from
16 April 1843 to 30 July 1845, and as minister of foreign affairs until 12
August 1847.