The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Relics (authentics, certificates of authenticity for relics)

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1925-1963

Volume: 29 item(s); 29 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This a file containing authentics, which are certificates of authenticity for relics, for those relics given to Merton. The dates denote the date of certification of the relic by a member of the clergy and not the date given to Merton (some predate his conversion and otherwise seem too early for him to have acquired). In almost all cases, there is no indication of who gave the relic.

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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1925/07/09 other Fr. AUGUSTINUS ZAMPINI ORDINIS EREMITARUM SANCTI AUGUSTINI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for clothing fragments of the veil of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary]
 1937/01/27 other Fr. VINCENTIUS A S. PAULINO POSTULATOR GENERALIS ORDINIS CARM. DISCALC.  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for a bone from St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Saint Thérèse of Lisieux , the "Little Flower")]
 1947/11/20 other PETRUS CALCHI NOVATI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA SANCTAE LAUDENSIS ECCLESIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for a bone from St. Paul the Apostle]
 1950/01/12 other Fr. JOANNES A JESU MARIA POSTULATOR GENERALIS ORDINIS CARM. DISCALC.  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for a relic from St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Saint Thérèse of Lisieux , the "Little Flower")]
 1950/01/25 other FR. BERNARDINUS A SENIS CAUSARUM SERVORUM DEI ORDINIS FF. MIN. CAPUCCINORUM  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for a bone from St. Anselm of Canterbury]
 1950/03/30 other PETRUS CALCHI NOVATI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA SANCTAE LAUDENSIS ECCLESIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the True Cross of Jesus Christ]
 1950/03/30 other PETRUS CALCHI NOVATI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA SANCTAE LAUDENSIS ECCLESIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for bone fragments from St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. John of the Cross, and St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Saint Thérèse of Lisieux , the "Little Flower")]
 1950/12/30 other PETRUS CALCHI NOVATI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA SANCTAE LAUDENSIS ECCLESIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for bone fragments from St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Louis, and St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Saint Thérèse of Lisieux , the "Little Flower")]
 1951/10/06 other Fr. MARIA JACOBUS FOX ORDINIS CISTERCIENSIS STRICTIORIS OBSERVANTIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for relics of St. Bruno]
 1951/11/15 other PETRUS CALCHI NOVATI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA SANCTAE LAUDENSIS ECCLESIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for bone fragments from St. Agnes]
 1952/05/05 other Fr. JOANNES A JESU MARIA POSTULATOR GENERALIS ORDINIS CARM. DISCALC.  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for relics from the body of St. John of the Cross]
 1952/05/20 other PETRUS CALCHI NOVATI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA SANCTAE LAUDENSIS ECCLESIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for bone fragments from St. Clare]
 1952/05/30 other PETRUS CALCHI NOVATI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA SANCTAE LAUDENSIS ECCLESIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for bone fragments from St. Maria Goretti, St. Bernadette Soubirous, and St. Margaret Mary Alacoque]
 1954/05/10 other POSTULATOR CAUSAE BEATIFICATIONIS ET CANONIZATIONIS PII DECIMI SUMMI PONTIFICIS  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) from the flesh of Pope St. Pius X]
 1954/08/15 other EUGENIUS RAPHAËL FAGGIANO E CONGREGATIONE PASSIONIS D. N. I. C. ABBAS SS. PETRI ET  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Louis]
 1955/03/21 other Fr. MARIA JACOBUS FOX ORDINIS CISTERCIENSIS STRICTIORIS OBSERVANTIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Benedict and St. Scholastica]
 1955/05/07 other Fr. MARIA JACOBUS FOX ORDINIS CISTERCIENSIS STRICTIORIS OBSERVANTIAE  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for clothing fragments of Pope St. Pius X]
 1957/02/02 other Fr. Bernadinus a Senis Causarum Servorum Dei Ord. Fr. Min. S. Franc. Cap. Postulator Generalis  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Benedict Joseph Labre]
 1957/08/20 other Fr. Bernadinus a Senis Causarum Servorum Dei Ord. Fr. Min. S. Franc. Cap. Postulator Generalis  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the veil of St. Cecilia]
 1958/12/09 other Fr. Bernadinus a Senis Causarum Servorum Dei Ord. Fr. Min. S. Franc. Cap. Postulator Generalis  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Bruno]
 1960/07/10 other CLEMENS MISERATIONE DIVINA EPISCOPUS VELITERNUS S.R.E. CARD. MICARA  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Thomas of Canterbury]
 1960/12/15 other CLEMENS MISERATIONE DIVINA EPISCOPUS VELITERNUS S.R.E. CARD. MICARA  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Gregory Nazanzien]
 1961/11/10 other CLEMENS MISERATIONE DIVINA EPISCOPUS VELITERNUS S.R.E. CARD. MICARA  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Gregory of Nyssa]
 1961/12/05 other Fr. JOANNES A JESU MARIA POSTULATOR GENERALIS ORDINIS CARM. DISCALC.  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Francis of Assisi]
 1962/07/03 other IN CAUSIS BEATIFICATIONIS SERVORUM DEI ET CANONIZATIONIS BEATORUM ORDINIS  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Martin de Porres]
 1962/11/13 other CLEMENS MISERATIONE DIVINA EPISCOPUS VELITERNUS S.R.E. CARD. MICARA  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Paul the Apostle]
 1962/11/13 other CLEMENS MISERATIONE DIVINA EPISCOPUS VELITERNUS S.R.E. CARD. MICARA  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Bede (the Venerable Bede)]
 1963/01/10 other CLEMENS MISERATIONE DIVINA EPISCOPUS VELITERNUS S.R.E. CARD. MICARA  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Gregory of Nyssa]
 1963/01/10 other CLEMENS MISERATIONE DIVINA EPISCOPUS VELITERNUS S.R.E. CARD. MICARA  [authentics (certificate of authenticity for a relic) for remnants of the bones of St. Nicholas of Fluë]
        

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