1 Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus Sancti Eligii Episcopus. With Original Document
Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus Sancti Eligii Episcopus. With Original Document en Brass / Glass / Wax Seal, Belgium 19 th century
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4 cm ( 1.57 inch)
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Eligius
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| Confessor, Bishop | |||
| Born | 11 June 588 Chaptelat, Francia |
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| Died | 1 December 660 Noyon, Neustria, Francia |
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| Venerated in | |||
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation | ||
| Feast | 1 December | ||
| Attributes | Anvil; Bishop with a crosier in his right hand, on the open palm of his left a miniature church of chased gold; bishop with a hammer, anvil, and horseshoe; bishop with a horse; courtier; goldsmith; hammer; holding a horse's leg, which he detached from the horse in order to shoe it more easily; horseshoe; man grasping a devil's nose with pincers; man holding a chalice and goldsmith's hammer; man shoeing a horse; man with hammer and crown near a smithy; man with hammer, anvil, and Anthony the Great; pincers; with Godeberta; giving a ring to Godeberta; working as a goldsmith | ||
| Patronage | Cartwrights; clockmakers; coin collectors; craftsmen of all kinds; cutlers; exercise riders and grooms; gilders; goldsmiths; harness makers; horses; jewelers; jockeys; knife makers; laborers; locksmiths; metalworkers in general; miners; minters; Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; saddlers; toolmakers; veterinarians; watchmakers | ||
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