Holy sponge DNJC Jesus christ relic
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US$613.00
Holy sponge DNJC Jesus christ relic
lovely little silvered relic of the holy sponge
overal real nice shape and even more nicely priced
issued by a well known jesuite postulator Beccari (becaari his predecessors were armelini and armelini his predecessor was de Boero )
The Holy Sponge is one of the Instruments of the Passion of Jesus.[1] It was dipped in vinegar (Ancient Greek: ὄξος, romanized: oxos; in some translations sour wine), most likely posca,[2] a regular beverage of Roman soldiers,[3] and offered to Jesus to drink from during the Crucifixion,[2] according to Matthew 27:48,[4] Mark 15:36,[5] and John 19:29.[6]