Live auction - fme_1144248 - VATICAN - PIUS XII (Eugenio Pacelli) Médaille, Commémoration des cérémonies d’ouverture et de fermeture de la Porte Sainte de la basilique Saint-Paul
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 110 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2026 17:09:08 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Commémoration des cérémonies d’ouverture et de fermeture de la Porte Sainte de la basilique Saint-Paul
Date: 1950
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 57 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver SIRLETTI Adolfo
Weight : 53,61 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces de nettoyage
Obverse
Obverse legend : + PORTAM SANCTAM BASIL. S. PAVLI APERVIT ET CLAVSIT // AN. / MCMIL - JVB / MCML.
Obverse description : Porte Sainte de Saint-Pierre au Vatican fermée par une croix dans l'ouverture ; au sommet, clés croisées et tiare papale ; sur le fronton, visage de chérubin. Sur les côtés, truelle et pioche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : + EVGENIVS MIS. DIV. EPS. PORTVEN. ET. S. RVFINAE S. R. E. CARD. TISSERANT S. COLL. SVBDEC. // AB ORIENTE - ET - OCCIDENTE.
Reverse description : Armoiries du cardinal avec cartouche portant l'inscription.
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans un écrin rouge.
Cette médaille privée, fut commandée par Eugène Tisserant pour l’Année Sainte de 1950.
The medal is kept in a red case. This private medal was commissioned by Eugène Tisserant for the Holy Year of 1950.
Cette médaille privée, fut commandée par Eugène Tisserant pour l’Année Sainte de 1950.
The medal is kept in a red case. This private medal was commissioned by Eugène Tisserant for the Holy Year of 1950.
Historical background
VATICAN - PIUS XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
(1939-1958)
Born in 1876, Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was elected pope on March 2, 1939, just a few months before the start of the Second World War, and succeeded Pius XI under the name of Pius XII (in Latin Pius XII, in Italian Pio XII ). Coming from a family of lawyers attached to the Holy See, and noticed from the age of 25 by a secretary of the Secretariat of State (Vatican Ministry of Foreign Affairs), he successively became nuncio in Bavaria then, in 1920, in Berlin, and, in 1930, Secretary of State. During the 1920s, he prepared a Concordat between the Vatican and Germany, but the text was not signed until six months after Hitler's arrival at the Chancellery, on July 20, 1933. During the Second World War, he condemned moderately Hitlerian ideology in fear that the Nazis would retaliate by persecuting German worshipers and clergy. Although having enjoyed great popularity during his pontificate and after his death, he was the subject of posthumous criticisms which will call into question his action during the world conflict and his attitude towards the Jews..
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