Framed reliquary with relic of Francis Spinelli from Rivolta d'Adda, Cremona, Italy

The frame measures approx cm 15 x 12



Father Francesco Spinelli was born in Milan on April, 1853.

In 1875, his first year of priesthood, he came to Rome for the Jubilee.



At the basilica of St. Mary Major, he knelt before the crib of the Child Jesus:



“I knelt, wept, prayed, and dreamt of a band of young women who would adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament”.





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