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Galerie LE JARDIN DES MOINES offers you a large vertical reliquary that facilitates spiritual elevation. Saint Octavian, a Roman soldier martyred in 297, is one of the patron saints of the city of Turin. Made of gilded and carved wood, our monstrance stands on three lion's paw feet surmounted by winged angels.
Three relics, consisting of a fragment of the occiput and two vertebrae of Saint Octavian, radiate far beyond the center of our monstrance, where they have been placed. For those who are sensitive to it, the sacred charge of this reliquary is strong.
Through the presence of relics, six other Martyr Saints from the first centuries accompany our notable relic. They are Saints Floridi, Fructuosa, Columbae, Exuperanti, Gunigunda and Lustini.
On the back, several episcopal wax seals are present. This reliquary is a late 18th or early 19th century work from northern Italy.
Dimensions are 103 cm high, 35 cm wide and 11 cm deep.
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