Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) Pieces
An Agnus Dei is a round or oval wax disk impressed with a lamb on one side and figures of saints or the pope on the other side.
They were created by melting the wax of the previous year’s Easter candles from the churches in Rome. Chrism oil was then added to the cauldron of melting wax. The pope blessed the disks that were then given to people to be used as sacramentals.
Although the origin is not certain, it is thought this practice began around the 5th century.
The Collection has nine different Agnus Dei sacramentals from all different pontificates, which we are featuring here:
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Piece: Pope St. Paul VI
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Piece: Pope St. Paul VI St. Bernadette Image
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Piece from 1725: Benedict XIII
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- Agnus Dei Wax Disk From the 1950 Jubilee Year
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Piece: Pius XI
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Pieces: Blessed Pius IX
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Piece: Pope St. Paul VI St. Bernadette Image
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Piece with First-Class Relics of Three Saints: Innocent XII
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Piece, with Image of St. Teresa of Avila: Pope Clement IX
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- Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Piece from 1725: Benedict XIII
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- Agnus Dei Wax Disks from the Pontificates of Popes Benedict XV & Pope Clement XIV
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- Blessed Innocent XI: Replica of Agnus Dei Wax Disk
