Rare silver oval reliquary with bevelled glass facade containing the first class relic Ex Ossibus of St. Mark

Rare silver oval reliquary with bevelled glass facade containing the first class relic Ex Ossibus of St. Mark. The relic is fixed on a gold leaf background and is identified by a label with the inscription S. Marcos.

Size: 4 cm L x 2.5 cm W

Mark the Evangelist or Saint Mark, was the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark.

Saint Mark was chosen as the main patron of Venice in 1071. Over the centuries, the city remained inextricably linked to him, to the point that the symbol of the evangelist, the winged lion, became the symbol of the city.

Saint Mark is also the patron saint of notaries, glassmakers and opticians. He is venerated as a saint by several Christian churches, in addition to the Catholic Church, including the Orthodox and the Coptic, which consider him their patriarch.