Antique silver reliquary Box pendant of Saint Lorenzo of Brindisi

Antique silver reliquary Box pendant of Saint Lorenzo of Brindisi

( Ex Habitu s. Laur aBrin )

Italy:  early 1900s

Size: 3.6 cm L x 2 cm W x 0.7 cm H

Saint Lorenzo of Brindisi ( 22 July 1559 – 22 July 1619 )

Lawrence of Brindisi, born Giulio Cesare Russo, was an Italian Catholic priest, theologian and member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. An accomplished linguist, in addition to his native Italian, Lawrence could read and speak Latin, Hebrew, Greek, German, Czech, Spanish, and French fluently. Lawrence was ordained a priest at the age of 23. Lawrence was beatified on 1 June 1783 and canonized as a saint on 8 December 1881.