Saint Therese of Lisieux Rosary Centerpiece with 3rd Class Relic 3/4″ long Gifts Catholic

Silver-tone Saint Therese of Lisieux rosary centerpiece. There is a third-class relic from the soil beneath her coffin on the backside of the centerpiece.

She is the patron saint of missionaries, Aids sufferers, florists, foreign missions, pilots, France, and the sick; invoked against tuberculosis.

Quantity: Sold in increments of one (1) centerpiece

Size: 3/4″ long x 1/2″ wide (19mm x 12.7mm)

Material: silver-plated metal alloy.

Important Note: All of our products are lead and cadmium free, and nickel safe. As they contain small parts, all items are for adult jewelry/craft making use only, not intended for children under the age of 15.

First-Class Relics: items directly associated with the events of Christ’s life (manger, cross, etc.) or the physical remains of a saint (a bone, a hair, skull, a limb, etc.). Traditionally, a martyr’s relics are often more prized than the relics of other saints. Parts of the saint that were significant to that saint’s life are more prized relics. Catholic teaching prohibits relics to be divided up into small, unrecognizable parts if they are to be used in the liturgy (i.e., as in an altar; see the rubrics listed in Rite of Dedication of a Church and an Altar).

Second-Class Relics: items that the saint owned or frequently used, for example, a crucifix, rosary, book, etc. Again, an item more important in the saint’s life is thus a more important relic. Sometimes a second-class relic is a part of an item that the saint wore (a shirt, a glove, etc.) and is known as ex indumentis (“from the clothing”).

Third-Class Relics: any object that has been in contact with a first or second-class relic. Most third-class relics are small pieces of cloth.

The sale of “sacred relics” (meaning first and second class) without the permission of the Apostolic See is nowadays strictly forbidden by canon 1190 of the Code of Canon Law. However, the Catholic Church permits the sale of third-class relics.