Heart medallion with profile portrait of Saint Conrad. Inside relics of St. Therese and St. Conrad.

Heart medallion with profile portrait of Saint Conrad. Inside relics of St. Therese and St. Conrad.

Italy 1930s’

Size: 1.9 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm   

St. Conrad:

Conrad Confalonieri of Piacenza,  ( 1290 – 19 February 1351), was an Italian hermit of the Third Order of St. Francis, who is venerated as a saint.

St. Therese:

Thérèse of Lisieux (born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known in English as the Little Flower of Jesus, or simply the Little Flower, and in French as la petite Thérèse ("Little Therese").