Medal with relic of Saint John Neumann

Medal with relic of Saint John Neumann

Size: 2.5 cm diameter 

John Nepomucene Neumann ( March 28, 1811[1] – January 5, 1860) was a Bohemian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church.

The cause for Neumann's beatification was formally opened on 15 December 1896, granting him the title of Servant of God.  Neumann was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XV on December 11, 1921. He was beatified by Pope Paul VI during the Second Vatican Council on October 13, 1963, and was canonized by that same pope on June 19, 1977. His feast days are January 5, the date of his death, on the Roman calendar for the church in the United States of America, and June 19 in the Czech Republic.

After his canonization, the National Shrine of Saint John Neumann was constructed at the Parish of St. Peter the Apostle, at 5th Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia. The remains of John Neumann rest under the altar of the shrine within a glass-walled reliquary.