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.

Our Non Paying Buyer process is now automatically managed by Ebay.  The process starts four days after auction end and closes as soon as payment is received.  

As per Ebay policy,this reliquary does not contain human remains but only objects of devotion.

Please be carefull when buying relics online. Fake relics are increasingly more and more of a problem. Most of the relics I sell are from convents in Belgium and Italy. I have been collecting relics for more than 25 years. I consider myself an expert. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Please contact me if you have any questions. Items cannot be returned!

 

Please see my other auctions for more antique catholic items

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