ANTIQUE LATE VIKING-AGE c.12-13th CENTURY RELIQUARY CROSS "ENCOLPION" PENDANT For Sale
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ANTIQUE LATE VIKING-AGE c.12-13th CENTURY RELIQUARY CROSS "ENCOLPION" PENDANT:
$179.00
Pectoral Reliquary Cross(known as "Engolpion" or "Encolpion" in the EasternOrthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches) was originally worn by priests orbishops. The tradition started likely c. 9th century when relics of the TrueCross became venerated, and were carried in cross-shaped reliquaries like thisCross offered for sale, often made from silver or gold, and decorated withenamels, niello, and precious stones. Subsequently, laymen Orthodox andCatholic faithful also started wearing Cross-shaped reliquaries with smallpieces of various relics (usually associated with Christian Saints). The TrueCross is the name for physical remnants from the cross upon which Jesus Christwas crucified. According to the ancient Church tradition, the True Cross hasbeen discovered by Saint Empress Helena during her pilgrimage to the Holy Landin year 326-328. Many Catholic and Orthodox churches possess fragmentaryremains that are by tradition believed to those of the True Cross. Saint JohnChrysostom relates that fragments of the True Cross were kept in reliquaries"which men reverently wear upon their persons". A fragment of the TrueCross was received by King Alfred from Pope Marinus I (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,year 883). Most of the very small relics of the True Cross circulated in Europecame from Constantinople, the city that was captured by Crusaders in 1204.
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