Small reliquary, gilded silver and enamel, France and Italy, 14th-15th century AD

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The Shrine of Mary in Aachen Cathedral is a reliquary completed in 1239, which (allegedly) contains the swaddling clothes and loincloth of Jesus, the dress of Mary, and the cloth used to cover the head of John the Baptist after his beheading.
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Reliquienschrein, #Reliquary, #Heiligenverehrung, #veneration_of_saints, #Katholizismus, #Catholicism, #Marienschrein, #Handwerkskunst, #Kirchen, #churches, #Aachener_Dom

Saint Valentine ♥️ 🏹 for #spookysaturday

In Bologna there is a church called "La Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria e San Valentino della Grada" and inside it contains a relic of Saint Valentine - specifically his skull. That's not the spooky part. The real spooky part is according to the "Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin" in Rome - they have his skull. Wait, San Anton's Church in Madrid, Spain also claim that they have his skull and bones...
Spooky Scary Skeletons.
💀 ✨

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Caput S. Thebeorum Mart.
Reliquary of the martyr of the Thebean Legion, 17th century
Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava
#martyr #reliquary #weird
Via: https://arteederrenmuseoa.eus/es/coleccion/reliquias-de-martioda

Sylvain Dubuisson designed this reliquary for the crown of thorns relic located in the Axial Chapel of Notre Dame de Paris - 396 glass pieces on a cedar panel above a container for the relic. Paris, France. January 2025.

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