Blessed Virgin Mary's Hair and Veil Relics Revealed!

Last month I rescued one of the rarest relics from Belgium, it took several weeks to make it through customs and to reach me. Today I received the package and carefully unwrapped the precious cargo inside. The relic dates from the 17th to 18th century in a very ancient reliquary, contained within the custom hand cut glass theca is two beautiful relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A piece of her Veil and a few strands of her hair. I have several relics that contain her veil, but this is the first one that I have rescued of her hair and to get one of these is extremely rare.

I want to share with you some of the history of where the relics of the hair of the blessed virgin mary came from. Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich had visions throughout her life that were written down and documented, one of these visions was on what happened to the Blessed Virgin Mary before she was assumed into heaven.

After Mary, the mother of Jesus, died, or rather fell asleep (dormition) according to the Eastern Catholic tradition, the blessed body was prepared and embalmed according to Jewish custom, according to the visions of the Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich who lived from (1774 to 1824). They placed her white, almost glowing body, in a long basket, and the women cut off some locks of hair to keep as relics. Peter celebrated the Mass on the altar of the oratory temporarily built in Mary’s home and anointed her body, placing on her head a wreath of red, white, and sky-blue flowers as a symbol of Mary’s virginity. While cutting of her hair is common among many cultures to preserve a person’s memory in mourning or friendship, this hair trimming set off a tradition of Marian hair relics that would blossom during the medieval cult of Mary.

According to Emmerich’s visions and to Church doctrine, Thomas the Apostle arrived after Mary had already been buried, and persuaded the party to reopen Mary’s tomb, only to find it completely empty, save her burial garments and in her place, lilies and roses blooming from the ground.

Once Mary’s hair was shorn during burial preparations, it was held by the Patriarchs of Jerusalem until the 5th century, when according to legend, the Blessed Empress Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius II and wife of Marcia (co-ruler with both), requested the Marian relics be brought directly from Jerusalem to Constantinople, and via her sister-in-law Athenaïs-Eudocia, received some of Mary’s milk, her spindle, and her swaddle-bands (spargana) or girdle. For more than 600 years, Mary’s locks and other Marian relics were held together with the Wood from the True Cross of Jesus and considered the “Palladium of the City” of Constantinople, until Crusaders sacked the city in 1204 and brought them to Europe.

From there, the relics were taken to Sicily, where the hair was placed in a reliquary at the Duomo di Messina, Sicily, although various other locations said that they received Mary’s hair relics directly from the Crusaders. For example, the provenance of one relic indicates that the bundle of Mary’s hair was brought by the Crusaders to Venice, where it is venerated in the Basilica of Saint Mark, where the reliquary bears the personal seal of Pope Pius VI. Other popes, including Pope Gregory the Great (590-604) and Pope Sergius II (papacy from 844-847), allegedly had relics of Mary’s hair, the latter’s are now housed in Emmerich, Germany. Other sites that reported housed Marian relics include Saint Eucharius-Matthias in 1148, Saint Mary of the Martyrs in Trier in 1209, the Cistercian Abbey of Himmerrode in 1170, and the Benedictine Monastery of Prüfening in 1282. In 1283 some of Mary’s hair was deposited in a reliquary at the Augustinian Monastery in Ranshofen, Austria as well as in Linköping, Sweden.

Charlemagne was even rumored to possess a Marian hair relic, the “Talisman of Charlemayne,” containing Mary’s hair in a reliquary encrusted with gold, precious gemstones, and pearls.

Witness the miraculous relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary's hair and veil in this revealing video. Ex Capillis BVM will leave you in awe of the sacred treasures of our Mother Mary.

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Discover the rare relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary's hair and veil in this revealing video. Learn about ex capillis BVM and their significance in religious history.

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