This is a antique copper theca with silver front, inside relics of the Passion of Jesus: The Column of Flagellation, Ex Sepulcro D.N.J,C (from the grave of Jesus), Ex Clavo Crcification, (from the nail) Ex Spinae Corona J.C (from the Cown of Thorns) and of Ex Arundine D.N.J.C ( from the reed stick) .Relics in place and wax seal and threads intact.Comes from a convent in Belgium. Diameter 1,7 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:

 

Upon entering the San Zeno Chapel, located in the Basilica di Santa Prassede, a dark 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

Of the Crown of Thorns of Our Lord

The Crown of Thorns was originally found in the Holy Sepulchre and was venerated there before it was transferred to another Church on Mount Zion in the 6th century. Paulinus of Nola saw it at the end of the 4th century, as did Gregory of Tours in the 6th cent. In ca. 1063, to safeguard it from the Muslim violence, it was transferred to Constantinople, the Christian capital of the East. In 1238, the Latin Emperor Baldwin II sold it to king Louis IX of France (St. Louis), who built the magnificent Sainte Chapelle in Paris to house it. Before, after he had received it at the French border, he carried it in a solemn procession to his capital, walking barefoot the entire way. Since most thorns had felt off in the meantime, he donated them to the most important Cathedrals of his country and the Christian world. Today, about 190 relics of the Crown of Thorns are venerated all over Europe, two of them in Rome, in the Basilica di S. Croce. Since most of these relics are just fragments of a thorn, the actual number can be reduced to ca. 70, what is very well possible, since the Crown of Thorns was a cap, as you can see on the Turin Shroud, not a ring, as depicted in Western iconography. 

Of the Holy Nail of Our Lord

The three nails discovered by St. Helen in 325 AD were divided among Rome and Constantinople - one ended up in her private Chapel, the core of the modern day Basilica S. Croce in Gerusalemme, where it is still today, two were received by Constantine the Great. The second was donated to St. Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, by the Emperor Theodosius and is the main treasure of the Milan Cathedral today. After the sack of Constantinople in 1204 AD, the third Holy Nail was sold to king Louis IX of France (St. Louis); today it is venerated in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris.