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The relics of the Passion presented at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris include a piece of the True Cross from Rome as delivered by Helena, along with a Holy Nail and the Crown of Thorns. The Gospel of John tells that, in the night between Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, Roman soldiers mocked Jesus by placing a thorny crown on his head (John 19: ...
The identification of individuals named in bullae with equivalent names from the Bible is difficult, but identifications have been made with king Hezekiah [49] and his servants (avadim in Hebrew, [עבדים – slaves]) Bulla of Gemariah son of Shaphan (r. 609–598 BC) – possible link to a figure during the reign of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36: ...
In the 4th century, the relics of Timothy were transferred from Ephesus to Constantinople and placed in the Church of the Holy Apostles near the tombs of Andrew and Luke. [18] Later on in the 13th century, the relics seem to have been taken to Italy by a count returning from the crusades, and buried around 1239 in the Termoli Cathedral. [31]
Relics of Jesus, a number of relics associated with Jesus that have been claimed and displayed throughout the history of Christianity. Shrine of the Three Kings (German Dreikönigsschrein ), a reliquary said to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi, also known as the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men .
Veronica holding her veil, Hans Memling, c. 1470 The Veil of Veronica, or Sudarium (Latin for sweat-cloth), also known as the Vernicle and often called simply the Veronica, is a Christian relic consisting of a piece of cloth said to bear an image of the Holy Face of Jesus produced by other than human means (an acheiropoieton, "made without hand").
These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.
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The recovery of the relics were described in a letter written by Avitus of Braga, [34] who was involved in a plot to bring some of those relics to Braga via the historian and theologian Paulus Orosius. [35] In 439, the relics were translated to a new church north of the Damascus Gate built by the empress Aelia Eudocia in honor of Saint Stephen ...