Votive crown

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Three Visigoth votive crowns from the 7th century

A votive crown is consecrated to a saint or his relics after a vow .

history

It is a very old insignia and has been known since the time of the Visigoths . The votive crown had no particular shape; she often looked like the ruler's. The Iron Crown is included. Since the Age of Enlightenment, this tradition of relic worship has lost its importance. The time when emperors and kings donated their crown to a saint was over. The imperial self-adornment with the crown as a saint was also no longer given for the other nobility, emperors and kings. Even the Jesus thorn from the crown of Christ could not stop the decay.

literature

  • Franz Bock: History of the liturgical vestments of the Middle Ages or the origin and development of ecclesiastical vestments and paraments , 3 vols. Bonn 1859–1871, ND 1970, p. 153 with panel XXI

Web links

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