Blessed Maria-Celina of the Presentation – Rare Vintage Relic Card | Piece of Her Religious Habit
Blessed Maria-Celina of the Presentation – Rare Vintage Relic Card | Piece of Her Religious Habit
A rare vintage devotional relic card associated with Blessed Maria-Celina of the Presentation (Marie-Céline de la Présentation), a French Poor Clare nun and religious figure.
This small historical devotional piece bears the image of Maria-Celina and the inscription:
“STUK VAN HET KLEED VAN ZUSTER MARIA-CELINA DER PRESENTATIE – MAAGD CLARISSE”
Translated from Dutch, this refers to a piece of the habit of Sister Maria-Celina of the Presentation, Poor Clare.
Maria-Celina was born Jeanne-Germaine Castang in France in 1878. She entered the Poor Clare community in 1896 and took the religious name Marie-Céline of the Presentation. She died in 1897 at only nineteen years of age. She was beatified by the Catholic Church in Bordeaux on 16 September 2007.
Item Details
- Subject: Blessed Maria-Celina of the Presentation
- Religious order: Poor Clares
- Original language: Dutch
- Material: Vintage printed devotional card
- Approximate size: 3.5 × 3.5 cm
- Era: Vintage / early-to-mid 20th century, exact printing date unknown
- Condition: Good vintage condition with natural age-related patina
- Type: Devotional relic card / religious collectible
- Quantity: 1 original piece
The card is especially interesting for collectors of Catholic devotionalia, saint relic cards, historical religious ephemera and Poor Clare memorabilia.