7 - Inventory of Sacred Relics at Rochestown Capuchin Monastery

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Inventory of Sacred Relics at Rochestown Capuchin Monastery

2 pp; manuscript

An inventory documenting the sacred relics housed at the Franciscan Capuchin Monastery in Rochestown, County Cork, dated 26 March 1915. The list is in the hand of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. The inventory provides a structured catalogue categorizing the community’s reliquaries, specific holy remains, and the status of their official ecclesiastical authentication documents across three groupings. The first leaf (comprising Sections I and II) records a prominent Relic of the True Cross, followed by an extensive catalogue of relics of the Saints and Blessed of the Franciscan Order housed in two sets of small reliquaries, naming foundational figures such as St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, St. Veronica Giuliani, Blessed Bernard of Corleone, and Blessed Didacus Joseph of Cadiz.

The second leaf (comprising Section III) continues the inventory by detailing a large reliquary in a gold-painted frame containing the remains of non-Franciscan saints and mystics, including St. Jane Frances de Chantal, St. Paul the Apostle, and St. Francis de Sales. The ledger concludes with institutional verification notes tracking canonical validity, confirming that official authentication paperwork exists for the items listed in Sections I and II, but explicitly noting that no authentication exists for the large reliquary in Section III.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition