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Vintage Catholic Viaticum Pieta Last Rites Anointing Sick Call Cabinet

$ 92.4

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

For sale is a vintage viaticum cabinet, circa 1930, also known as a sick call box or a last rites cabinet.  "Viaticum" refers to the Eucharist given to a sick or dying person as part of the last rites.  Catholic households would have a viaticum cabinet to store the provisions necessary for a visiting priest to administer last rites.
The upper portion of the cabinet contains a statuette of the
Pietà
, Michelangelo's masterpiece, which resides in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
The last supper adorns a door that opens to reveal the storage compartment.  The paper with the word "viaticum" is water/oil stained.  See picture.
The candle holders are included as well as bottles of holy water and holy oil.
The back of the cabinet is covered with a wood-grained contact paper.
The box measures:  height 22 1/2, width 12 5/8 inches, depth 4 inches.