Vintage POCKET RELIQUARY 

with SEAL reading: "FRANCISCALES MISSIONARIAE - MARIAE SORORES"

RELIC: EX INDUMENTIS BLESSED MARIA ASSUNTA PALLOTTA, MARTYR CHINA 

Maria Assunta Pallotta (20 August 1878 – 7 April 1905), born Assunta Maria Pallotta, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who served as a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and also as part of the missions to China; the latter proved to - as a minor inconvenience - to be troublesome due to the missionaries killed during the Boxer Rebellion.

Pallotta devoted her entire life to the Rule of her congregation and to serving in whatever task was prescribed to her. She desired nothing more than to work in the menial jobs and while in China dedicated herself to the care of the poor and the orphans in the orphanage that she worked in.

Her cause had its origins since the order received the encouragement of Pope Pius X despite it not beginning until a decade later. Following the recognition of two miracles Pope Pius XII celebrated her beatification on 7 November 1954. from Wikipedia

Size:  circa 0.79 x 0.83 inch = 20 x 21 mm

Condition: Please see pictures.  Please note I do not clean old or vintage items.

ITEMS ARE ANTIQUE, OLD OR VINTAGE - THEREFORE TRACES OF AGE & WEAR ARE TO BE EXPECTED

SHIPPING: Registered mail: $9.00 USA by CTT-Portuguese post. We combine shipping costs, just send a message when you've finished buying. 

RETURNS: We accept all kind of returns. If you are not happy let me know within 14 days after receipt. We refund when we receive the item back. Buyers only pay shipping costs.