Reliquary round wood, dedicated to Saint Montfort, with a piece of coffin nineteenth
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Reliquary round with a piece of the coffin of Saint Louis de Montfort *, wooden box, antique nineteenth century.
This reliquary is in good condition. It does not seal.
A report: the glass moves slightly, wear time view photos.
Louis Marie Grignon is a saint and confessor of the Catholic Church. it is a major representative of the second generation of the French school of spirituality. born in Brittany, it is first pupil of the Jesuits reindeer before going to Paris to prepare for the priesthood. He was ordained priest in 1700. from a wealthy bourgeois family louis-marie vow of poverty and will only deal with the poor. he founded in 1703, with liner trichet a female congregation purely hospital originally daughters of wisdom, which quickly spread its activity to teach poor children. he decided in 1705 to bring together a company of married priests and catechists trained. missionary activity he is to be appointed by Clement xi apostolic missionary to France. after his death, this core will be developed in two directions: the company marie rural missionary religious congregation (Montfort Fathers) and the congregation of teaching brothers of the holy spirit (now brothers of Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel-nineteenth century). he died at age 43. he was canonized in 1947.