Saint Anne de Beaupre Relic Rosary Centerpiece – Patroness of Canada and Grandmothers Small Devotions

Saint Anne de Beaupre rosary centerpiece that depicts Saint ann on the front. There is a third class Blessed Relic of St Anne on the back of the rosary. A third class relic is a piece of cloth touched to a (first or second class) relic of the saint.

Saint Anne is the mother of Mary and the grandmother of Jesus. The front of this medal depicts St. Ann with Mary as a child and the reverse is marked “Pray For Us’. This silver oxidized medal is handcrafted in Italy.

PATRONESS of mothers, grandmothers, equestrians, cabinet makers, homemakers, teachers, stablemen, sailors, and Canada.

Quantity: Sold in increments of one

Size: 1″ long x 5/8″ wide (25.4mm x 15.87mm)

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.