A Guide To Latin Abbreviations

A Guide To Latin Abbreviations

A brief introduction to common latin regarding relics

Jul 29, 2024

Relics are typically contained in a reliquary, a container. They are also accompanied with some document describing exactly who's relics they are and what kind of relic they are. In most cases a lot of the latin is abbreviated in both the document and possibly a small written label within the reliquary. Below is a guide to the most common terms and abbreviations used. The latin used for the kind of relic cover first class (various parts of the body) and second class (items belonging to) relics. The abbreviations that describe who the relics belong to are sometimes less clear such as E meaning either evangelist or bishop. This list is not comprehensive or meant that there's an absolutely consistent standard use. In many cases there are shortened portions of the latin word like evang. I will continue to add terms and abbreviations as my research continues.

The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual, and in that order.

— Archbishop Fulton Sheen

The Rosary is THE WEAPON.

— St. Padre Pio

The rosary is the scourge of the devil

— Pope Adrian VI

The Rosary is a school for learning true Christian perfection.

— Pope John XXIII

The rosary is a treasure of graces.

— Pope Paul V

Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the most Holy Rosary.

— Pope Pius IX

If there were one million families praying the Rosary every day, the entire world would be saved.

— Pope St. Pius X

If our age in its pride laughs at and rejects Our Lady’s Rosary, a countless legion of the most saintly men of every age and of every condition have not only held it most dear and have most piously recited it but have also used it at all times as a most powerful weapon to overcome the devil, to preserve the purity of their lives, to acquire virtue more zealously, in a word, to promote peace among men.

— Pope Pius XI

There is no surer means of calling down God’s blessing upon the family than the daily recitation of the Rosary.

— Pope Pius XII

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.

— St. Francis de Sales

The rosary is the most powerful weapon to touch the Heart of Jesus, Our redeemer, who loves His Mother.

— St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort