Beautiful antique Agnes Dei relic pendant with Saint Abbot Konrad II. This is a round relic measuring 1" in diameter. The pendant is a capsule with a metal back and glass front. There is a ring at the top where it would fit on a chain or rosary. Inside the pendant, the background is red cloth. In the center are paperolles with two triangles, one on top of the other. Over the triangles are small papers. The papers read: "Agnus Dei Sel. Konrad" - which translates to "Lamb of God, Konrad". This is a fabulous piece and most likely convent work dated to the late 1800s to early 1900s.
Some info about the saint of miracles from Wikipedia...."Conrad is especially invoked for the cure of a hernia. This comes from miracles attributed to him. The legend relates that he was visited at his hermitage by a former friend and companion in arms, Antonio da Stessa, from Daverio. His friend was suffering from the pain of a hernia he had developed. Seeing the pain his old comrade was suffering, Conrad was moved to pity and prayed for him. Stessa was immediately cured of the hernia.The same outcome was accomplished for a local tailor, who suffered severely from several hernias. The miracle for which Conrad is best known is the "Miracle of the Bread". This developed during the aforementioned famine, which afflicted Sicily as a result of a severe outbreak of the bubonic plague on the island during 1348-49. During that catastrophe, anyone who approached the hermit for help was given a loaf of bread, still warm, which, it was said, he had received from the angels.
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