Is this a piece of padre pios glove

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I recently got a padre pio relic which someone with one like it said is a piece of his glove.it is authentic as it has the monastery number and email all professionally done on with it. The person I got it from got it from a nun associated with San Giovani rotondo where it has been part of a collection there untouched for 50 years. But is it a piece of his glove . This relic is encased in plastic that shows the Saint and the relic on back with seal of authenticity, the prayer is in Italian as this is directly from San Giovanni Rotando, Italy on a trip last August was given by a nun attached to Our Lady of Grace Church, the Church where Padre Pio said his last mass the day he died in 1968. The relic was also blessed by confers of Padre Pio in his church
 
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He lived in southern Italy where it’s mostly warm so to me, it is unlikely he wore gloves.
 
He’s well known to of always worn gloves no matter what to cover his stigmata except at mass
 
Yes, Padre Pio always wore gloves, usually blood stained. They are precious relics, and it is suspect that one simply came to the OP especially if it “sat untouched for 50 years.” Could well be a fake. But then again, we don’t know.
 
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It sounds like it could be either a little piece of St Pios habit, that is a second class relic or it could be a third class relic, that is a piece of fabric touched to a first or second class relic.

Could you post a photo of it on here?
 
Do YOU think it’s a piece of his glove? THAT is what is truly important…
IMHO of course…
 
Show your Bishop, who can determine if it is a relic and what class. The inscription is most likely Latin if it follows form.
 
But they are
There’s very few people known to of been lucky enough to of been given gifts of such things by nuns from these places. And many first class relics are sold in eBay as third class relics so they won’t get in trouble. It’s very common .
 
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Got it
 
This is what I was told
This rare vintage second class ex indumentis relic is encased in plastic that shows the Saints’ stigmata and the relic on back with seal of authenticity, the prayer is in Italian as this is directly from San Giovanni Rotando, Italy on a trip last August was given by a nun attached to Our Lady of Grace Church, the Church where Padre Pio said his last mass the day he died in 1968. The relic was blessed by the confers of Padre Pio in his church
 
They aren’t supposed to be. But you’d be amazed at the number that are sold esp on eBay.
 
Show it to your Bishop, that is impossible to read.

Ex indumentis is Latin. It translates similar to ‘from the clothing’. In regard to relics it relates to
2nd class relics, and third class.
These have usually been touched to the shroud or similar of the saint and that makes them third class relics, perhaps. Many of this type of relic was sold during the cause of a Pope’s sainthood. They are not considered second class relics.
If they are second class they should have a certificate of authenticity.
 
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I’ve the certificate of authenticity
.and these types I have are very rare ones. Compared to others
 
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Yeah, I was going to say most “ex indumentis” relics are just pieces of cloth that have been touched to the grave of the saint (3rd class relics). Typically this is a white piece of cloth or a fuzzy brown piece of cloth. Not actual pieces of their clothing, which would be 2d class relics and much harder to come by.

Sometimes if you request a relic early on in the cause of a saint, you can get the actual 2d class relic piece of their clothing. For example, Archbishop Sheen’s cause was providing relic cards with a tiny actual piece of one of his vestments. The one I got is purple (rather than the usual white or brown) and in any event I doubt the Archdiocese of New York let people go down to his crypt and touch a bunch of cloth to his tomb, so I’m pretty sure it’s a real piece of vestment.

I’m guessing that given the number of similar Padre Pio relic cards on eBay, this one is a piece of cloth touched to his tomb.
 
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