Reliquary Relic 1st class of Saint John Paul II with Certificate

Description: Reliquary Relic 1st class of Saint John Paul II with Certificate, thread and seal are intact, document is also embossed On 13 May 1981, in St Peter's square in the Vatican City Square John Paul II was shot and wounded while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss.This is a piece of the strained clothing Early Life Emilia and Karol Wojtyla on their wedding day Karol Wojtyla, the man who would become Pope John Paul II, was born in Wadowice, a town in southern Poland near Krakow, in 1920. Karol's father was also named Karol, and his mother was named Emilia. Karol was nicknamed 'Lolek' as a child, and Lolek enjoyed playing sports as a child, especially in the role of goalkeeper in the game of soccer. Wadowice, like many Polish cities at the time, had a large Jewish population, and Lolek often played soccer with his Jewish neighbors. the Wojtyla family home in Wadowice today, now a museum Lolek's childhood was not all games and happiness--his mother died when he was only eight years old, and his older brother Edmund, a twenty-six year old doctor, died of scarlet fever when Lolek was twelve. Lolek's father was very religious (like the majority of Poles, he was Roman Catholic), and he brought Lolek up to be the same. Religion helped Lolek deal with losing his mother and brother. Basilica in Wadowice, where young Lolek was baptized Lolek on his first communion day, Karol graduated from high school in 1938 and began attending Jagiellonian University in Krakow, the same university his brother had attended. Jagiellonian was the oldest and most renowned university in Poland. At university, Karol studied philosophy, was involved in theatre, and worked on learning more languages. (By the time he became Pope, he would be able to speak twelve languages). Nazi Occupation In 1939, Poland was invaded by Germany from the west, and a few weeks later, from the east by the Soviet Union. The German and Soviet occupiers had divided Poland in half. Krakow was occupied by the Germans, and their invasion of Karol's homeland had kicked off World War II. Karol could not return to school because the Nazis closed the universities. Nazis taught that Poles, as Slavic peoples, were inferior and to be used as labor. As a result, only trade schools were allowed to remain open. In spite of this, many schools flourished underground, including a seminary taught by the archbishop of Krakow. At the same time, Karol would have witnessed Jews being killed in the streets of Krakow by the Nazis and their Polish accomplices and knew which of his Jewish friends and neighbors were arrested and taken away Karol's father died of a heart attack in 1941. His father's death apparently convinced Karol to enter an underground seminary led by the archbishop of Krakow. As a seminarian in 1944, Karol also helped save the life of at least one Jewish survivor of a Nazi labor camp, a thirteen year old girl named Edith Zierer who later remembered the young seminarian as ''very good looking'' and was naturally thrilled when he became pope. In 1945, the war ended, and in 1946, Karol became a priest. As a priest, he was allowed to begin studying for his doctorate in theology at Jagiellonian University. This is a piece of cloth that is allowed by eBay

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