Silver metal reliquary with relics of two popes: St. Leo I and St. Sylvester I

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Silver metal reliquary with relics of two popes: St. Leo I and St. Sylvester I + bishop authenticity document of relic (year of 1934)

Ex Ossibus - piece of saint bone.

Reliquary dimension: 22 cm x 19 cm.

Authentic relic. All seals intact. Bishop document.

From the personal relics collection of Cardinal Paulin Andreu. Pope Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death.

Leo was a Roman aristocrat, and was the first pope to have been called "the Great". He is perhaps best known for having met Attila the Hun in 452 and persuading him to turn back from his invasion of Italy. He is also a Doctor of the Church, most remembered theologically for issuing the Tome of Leo, a document which was a major foundation to the debates of the Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council. That meeting dealt primarily with Christology and elucidated the orthodox definition of Christ's being as the hypostatic union of two natures, divine and human, united in one person, "with neither confusion nor division". It was followed by a major schism associated with Monophysitism, Miaphysitism and Dyophysitism. He also contributed significantly to developing ideas of papal authority.

Venerated in: Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, Anglican Communion.

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Pope Sylvester I (also Silvester, 285 – 31 December 335) bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death on 31 December 335. He filled the See of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, though very little is known of his life. During his pontificate, he notably convened the Council of Arles in 314, which condemned the separatist Donatist sect, and the First Council of Nicaea in 325, which aimed to resolve the Arian controversy. His pontificate also coincided with the baptism of Roman Emperor Constantine I. Sylvester I's pontificate coincided with the construction of churches including Old St. Peter's Basilica, the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem (Santa Croce in Gerusalemme), as well as the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. His feast is celebrated as Saint Sylvester's Day, on 31 December in Western Christianity, and on 2 January in Eastern Christianity. Venerated in: Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Armenian Apostolic Church, Lutheran Church.