Shroud of Sebastiano Maggi, confessor to Savonarola. Unrecorded.

[Sebastiano Maggi] / [Relic]. Pannolino in cui era involto il Corpo del B. Sebastiano Maggi Domenicano In Santa Maria di Castello di Genova. S.l. [likely Genoa]: s.n., s.a. [the years after 1760]. [5.4 x 3.4 cm as folded], [1] f. letterpress sheet, folded into an envelope containing piece of white linen. Minor spotting and wrinkling. 
 
 
Unrecorded 18th-century letterpress leaf folded into an envelope enclosing a piece of the linen shroud that covered the body of the Dominican Sebastiano Maggi (1414-96), who today is best known for having been the confessor to both Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98) and St. Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510). 
 
The text on the sheet—an especially spare example of the letterpress art—notes that the item originates from the church of Santa Maria di Castello in Genoa, which is where Maggi’s body is preserved. Maggi is referred to as “blessed,” so this relic-envelope likely dates to the years following his beatification in 1760.
 
The enclosed linen square is an example of a ‘touch’ relic (also called a ‘contact’ or ‘secondary’ relic), i.e., an item that came in contact with or was in the vicinity of a saint’s primary relic (e.g., a body part or personal item). Such linen squares no doubt were offered for sale to pilgrims visiting the Santa Maria di Castello in Genoa. 
 
 
No examples of this letterpress sheet are located by OPAC/ICCU/SBN, KVK, or OCLC, nor have I encountered any examples in the literature on Maggi.