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===List of claimed relics=== [[File:The Holy Tunic of Jesus Christ in Trier, Germany.JPG|thumb|The [[Seamless robe of Jesus]] in [[Cathedral of Trier|Trier Cathedral]]]] [[File:2018 Maastricht Heiligdomsvaart, reliekentoning Onze-Lieve-Vrouwebasiliek, voorbereiding 15.jpg|thumb|Detail of the Girdle of Mary in the [[Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht|Basilica of Our Lady]] in [[Maastricht]]]] [[File:Shrine of the Three Magi, Cologne.jpg|thumb|The [[Shrine of the Three Kings]] in [[Cologne Cathedral]]]] * Relics of the [[True Cross]] of Jesus are claimed by many churches around the world. The same applies to [[Holy Nail]]s, [[Holy Sponge]]s, [[Holy Lance]]s, [[Crown of thorns|Holy Thorns]] and other [[Instruments of the Passion]]. Famous examples are the Holy Nail in the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]] in [[Monza Cathedral]], the Holy Lance that was part of the [[Imperial Treasury, Vienna|Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire]] in the [[Hofburg Palace]] in [[Vienna]], and the [[Holy Thorn Reliquary]] in the [[British Museum]] in [[London]]. * The [[Seamless robe of Jesus]] is kept in a purpose-built chapel in [[Cathedral of Trier|Trier Cathedral]]. * The [[Sandals of Jesus Christ]] were donated to [[Prüm Abbey]], Germany, by popes Zachary and Stephen II in the 8th century. * The [[Marienschrein]] in [[Aachen Cathedral]] contains four important relics: the nappy and loin cloth of Jesus, the dress of Mary and the decapitation cloth of John the Baptist. The [[Karlsschrein]] in the same church contains the remains of [[Charlemagne]], who was locally venerated as a saint. * The Girdle of Mary is kept in the [[Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht|Basilica of Our Lady]] in [[Maastricht]], Netherlands. * The [[Shrine of the Three Kings]] in [[Cologne Cathedral]] contains the remnants of the [[biblical Magi]]. * St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican contains [[Saint Peter's tomb|Saint Peter's]] relics. * St Paul's relics are allegedly contained in the [[Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls|Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Wall]], in Rome.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=14539|title=Relics of St Paul discovered|work=Independent Catholic News|date=28 June 2009 }}</ref> *[[James the Great|St James]]' relics are reputedly held at the [[Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela]], Spain. *[[Luke the Evangelist|St Luke]] the Evangelist's body is held at the [[Abbey of Santa Giustina]] in [[Padua]], Italy; his head, in the [[St. Vitus Cathedral]] in [[Prague]]; and a rib, at his tomb in [[Thebes, Greece]]. * St Mark the Evangelist's relics are held at [[St Mark's Basilica]] in Venice. * St Matthew the Evangelist's relics are purported to be in the [[Salerno Cathedral|Cathedral of Salerno]], Italy. * St John the Evangelist's tomb is purported to be in the [[Basilica of St. John]] at [[Ephesus]] in Turkey. The opening of his tomb during [[Constantine the Great]]'s reign yielded no bones, giving rise to the belief that his body was [[Entering heaven alive|assumed into heaven]].<ref>{{Cite web|url={{Google books|SuclAQAAIAAJ|plainurl=yes}}|title=The Biblical Archaeologist|date=March 7, 1974|publisher=American Schools of Oriental Research.|via=Google Books}}</ref> *[[John the Baptist]]'s skull, or parts of it, are venerated at the [[Amiens Cathedral]] in France, at the Church of [[San Silvestre in Capite]] in Rome and at the [[Munich Residenz]] Palace. His other relics were discovered in a Bulgarian monastery in 2010.<ref>Squires, Nick (August 2010). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bulgaria/7926657/St-John-the-Baptists-bones-found-in-Bulgarian-monastery.html "St John the Baptist's bones 'found in Bulgarian monastery{{'"}}]. ''The Telegraph''.</ref> *[[Andrew the Apostle|St Andrew's relics]] are contained in the Basilica of St Andrew in Patras, Greece. * Reliquary arms of Saint [[Thomas the Apostle]] can be found in churches around the globe. Most contain only a fragment of the arm that allegedly touched Christ's side wound after the Resurrection. * Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]]' relics are contained in the Church of the Jacobins, [[Toulouse]], France. * [[Francis of Assisi|Saint Francis of Assisi]]'s relics are enshrined in the [[Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi|Basilica of Saint Francis]] in [[Assisi]], Italy. * Saint [[Catherine of Siena]]'s head is stored in San Domenico church, [[Siena]], with her body in Santa Maria sopra Minerva Church in Rome. * [[Sacred Relic of St. George|Saint George]]'s arm is kept in [[Lod]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-21 |title=The Tomb of the Holy Great Martyr George from Lodd, Lydda |url=https://orthodoxword.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/the-tomb-of-the-holy-great-martyr-george-from-lodd-lydda/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=OrthodoxWord |language=en| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816013205/https://orthodoxword.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/the-tomb-of-the-holy-great-martyr-george-from-lodd-lydda/|archive-date=2021-08-16|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Saint Servatius]]' relics are largely kept in a gilded chest and bust in the [[Basilica of Saint Servatius]] in [[Maastricht]], Netherlands. Some of his relics are in [[Tongeren]], Belgium, and [[Quedlinburg]], Germany. * [[Lambert of Maastricht|Saint Lambert]]'s skull is contained in a reliquary bust in [[Liège Cathedral]], Belgium. * [[Hubertus|Saint Hubert]]'s remains were enshrined in the [[Abbey of Saint-Hubert]], Belgium. * [[Willibrord|Saint Willibrord]]'s remains are in [[Echternach]], Luxemburg. * Nun Maria Droste zu Vischering's (known as [[Mary of the Divine Heart]]) relics are exposed in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in [[Ermesinde]], Portugal. * The shin of Pope [[Pope Clement I|Saint Clement I]] is kept in the [[Iglesia de la Concepción (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)|Church of the Conception]] of [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife]], Spain.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzofqK1vZJ8C&dq=Fiestas+y+creencias+en+Canarias+en+la+Edad+Moderna&pg=PA3 |title=Fiestas y creencias en Canarias en la Edad Moderna |first=Manuel Hernández |last=González |publisher=Ediciones IDEA |year=2007 |isbn=9788483821077}}</ref>
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