This is a antique copper
theca with silver front, inside relics of The Column of Flagellation of Jesus,
from the house of Saint Elizabet, the house of the blessed Virgin Mary, the
grave of Saint Joseph and the grave of Jesus.Relics in place and wax seal and
threads intact.Comes from a convent in Belgium. Diameter
1,4 inch.Shipping and handling US$ 27,00 by insured priority mail and tracking
number. All my items are securely packet, to avoid all possible damage.
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The Column of Flagellation:
Marble object, spotted with white, lies in
a niche to the right .The object appears to be an oddly large chess piece, but
is allegedly the column upon which Jesus Christ was flogged in his final years.
During
the medieval crusades, it was very common to take spoils from Jerusalem and
bring them back to Rome. Some were then placed in churches as relics—such as
the column itself, the crown of thorns (now in Notre Dame in Paris), or the
bones of St. Jerome (now in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore). The relic
was taken from the Holy Land and brought to Rome in 1222 by Cardinal Giovanni
Colonna the Younger—a member of the powerful Colonna family during the 13th
century. Given to him by the King of Jerusalem after the Fourth Crusade,
Colonna brought the column back to Santa Prassede, his cardinalate church since
1212 (the church that is given to a cardinal). The history of the column before
1222, however, is unclear.
At
the top of the column was a metal loop, where Christ was bound to during his
flagellation. Before its move to the Chapel of San Zeno in 1699, the column was
not completely visible by the pilgrims, and would only appear on feast days.
Currently, the column is housed in a reliquary made of bronze, designed by
Duilio Cambellotti in 1898. The column is also incorporated in other Roman
monuments, such as the relief sculpture in the Chigi Chapel, located in Chiesa
di Santa Maria della Pace, and one of the angels located on Ponte Sant’Angelo