Important religious reliquary and souvenir cross. - Lot 8

Important religious reliquary and souvenir cross. In silver-plated metal, of simple Latin shape, thick and opening, with anchored ends. On the front, Christ on the cross, in relief, under the phylactery "INRI" ("Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews"). On reverse, an important text in Latin, recounting many stages in the spiritual life of François, Laurent, Marie, Victor Trévoux, (called François Trévoux), born July 21, 1843 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, baptized July 24, 1843, made his First Communion July 10, 1855, and confirmed November 21, 1855. He became a deacon on June 15, 1865, then a priest on December 21, 1867 (other engraved information not mentioned). On March 15, 1868, he was sent on a foreign mission to Pondicherry, India. He died the same year, on August 18, in Vettavalam, at the age of 25, where he had gone for a few days' vacation. The beginning of the Credo completes the picture. In the center, between the arms of the cross, the double-sided medal of Notre Dame de la rue du Bac. Inside, 6 small oval glass reliquaries are mounted. In the center, a contact relic, the "True Cross", and 5 contact relics per small oval reliquary, including Saint François de Sales, Venerable François Jaccard (or Jacquard), Saint Etienne, Saint Sixte, Saint Laurent, Saint Blandine, Saint Pierre, etc. Complete with screw and functional screw thread. Two suspension rings. France, last third of the 19th century Dimensions: Height without ring: 10.8 cm - With ring: 13.5 cm - Width: 8 cm - Thickness: 1.1 cm - Total weight: 162 g Condition: inside of a reliquary burnished, a small shock on the bélière The expert sincerely thanks Jérôme Bouchet for his help in drafting this sheet.