Relic of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin
A Rare authenticated relic of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin directly coming from a friend Bishop
The relic of the Veil of Our Lady that is in the reliquary is part of the venerated “Sacro Velo della Madonna” or Holy Veil of Our Lady in Assisi.
"In the year 1319 – according to archival documents - the Church of St. Francis was enriched by a priceless treasure, that of the veil of Our Lady offered by Thomas Orsini, Count of Manopello. It is written that this Roman prince, who had been overseas in the last crusade, had acquired it from the Pasha of Damascus, his prisoner of war, who had the veil taken off from a church in Jerusalem. He returned to Italy and having been reduced by a serious illness, he vowed to the saint of Assisi, which his noble family had great devotion to. And having been cured beyond the hope of doctors, came to Assisi and before the altar of the Saint offered the friars the venerable relic which to this day is jealously enshrined in the Basilica, and to which for several times, the Lord has accomplished wonderful things. Of which the citizens of Assisi are wont to resort to the sacred veil of Mary in all public need and every time their city is threatened by some misfortune. "
It is said that St. Joseph of Cupertino, who is famous for his mystical raptures and levitation - lived (as a prisoner) for many years in this convent in Assisi, went into a trance and asked Our Lady if she really had used the veil. Our Lady replied: "Believe me, my son, that's it is my veil, and I used it to wrap the Baby Jesus."
According to tradition, the veil is a gift of the Magi to the Lord. The byssus is a kind of natural sea silk, obtained from a filament that is secreted by bivalve molluscs clinging to the rock, the process of which was developed in the Mediterranean Sea.
The said relic arrived from Italy to the Philippines as a gift to one of the first Italian missionaries in the 1900s and has been authenticated with a certificate by the Bishop of Assisi himself.
Relic of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin
A Rare authenticated relic of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin directly coming from a friend Bishop
The relic of the Veil of Our Lady that is in the reliquary is part of the venerated “Sacro Velo della Madonna” or Holy Veil of Our Lady in Assisi.
"In the year 1319 – according to archival documents - the Church of St. Francis was enriched by a priceless treasure, that of the veil of Our Lady offered by Thomas Orsini, Count of Manopello. It is written that this Roman prince, who had been overseas in the last crusade, had acquired it from the Pasha of Damascus, his prisoner of war, who had the veil taken off from a church in Jerusalem. He returned to Italy and having been reduced by a serious illness, he vowed to the saint of Assisi, which his noble family had great devotion to. And having been cured beyond the hope of doctors, came to Assisi and before the altar of the Saint offered the friars the venerable relic which to this day is jealously enshrined in the Basilica, and to which for several times, the Lord has accomplished wonderful things. Of which the citizens of Assisi are wont to resort to the sacred veil of Mary in all public need and every time their city is threatened by some misfortune. "
It is said that St. Joseph of Cupertino, who is famous for his mystical raptures and levitation - lived (as a prisoner) for many years in this convent in Assisi, went into a trance and asked Our Lady if she really had used the veil. Our Lady replied: "Believe me, my son, that's it is my veil, and I used it to wrap the Baby Jesus."
According to tradition, the veil is a gift of the Magi to the Lord. The byssus is a kind of natural sea silk, obtained from a filament that is secreted by bivalve molluscs clinging to the rock, the process of which was developed in the Mediterranean Sea.
The said relic arrived from Italy to the Philippines as a gift to one of the first Italian missionaries in the 1900s and has been authenticated with a certificate by the Bishop of Assisi himself.