Reliquary
The term reliquary refers to a shrine in which the relics of one or more saints are kept. The specimens that have been preserved are usually lavishly decorated with gold and precious stones and are shown in churches.
Reliquary containers are known in many religions: Catholicism , Buddhism (e.g. bimaran reliquary , Kanischka reliquary )
Germany
Well-known reliquary shrines in Germany are
- In Aachen Cathedral : Shrine of Mary with diapers and loincloth of Jesus, dress of Mary and the headscarf of John the Baptist
- in Cologne Cathedral : Shrine of the Three Kings with the relics of the Three Kings
- in the parish church of St. Hildegard and St. Johannes d. T. in Eibingen in the Rheingau : Relics of Hildegard von Bingen .
- in the Marburg Elisabethkirche : reliquary of Saint Elisabeth (which, however, has not contained any relics since 1539 )
- Bentlager relics gardens in Kloster Bentlage in Rheine ( Nordrhein-Westfalen )
- the shrine in the Breisach Stephansmünster
- Shrine of Willebold von Berkheim in Berkheim in Upper Swabia .
- in Hildesheim Cathedral : Shrine of St. Epiphanius of Pavia and Shrine of St. Godehard
Shrine of St. Anthony the Great in the Hermit Church at Warfhuizen .
Reliquary shrine, Cologne around 1200 (today in the Württemberg State Museum , Stuttgart)
Shrine with the bones of St. Hildegard von Bingen in the parish church of Eibingen
Silver shrine in the Breisach Stephansmünster
Further
- Shrine of St. Sicarius from Brantôme , France
- Arqueta de Sant Martirià , Spain
- St. Manchan Shrine , Ireland
- St. Maurus Shrine , Czech Republic
literature
- Alexandra Carmen Becker: The medieval reliquary in architectural form: context - development - iconography. VDM, Saarbrücken 2008, ISBN 3-8364-5625-7 .
Web links
Commons : Reliquary - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
