Editing Relics associated with Jesus (section)

===Nativity and childhood===
[[File:Sacra culla.jpg|thumb|Reliquary of the Holy Crib]]

Wooden pieces claimed to be remnants of the manger of the baby Jesus reside in the '''Holy Crib''' reliquary at the Basilica of [[Santa Maria Maggiore]] in Rome.<ref name=AP19/> The relic consists of five narrow pieces of [[Ficus sycomorus|sycamore]] wood, which tradition holds to have been brought from the Holy Land either by [[Helena, mother of Constantine I|Empress Helena]] (see [[Helena, mother of Constantine I#Pilgrimage and relic discoveries|326–328 pilgrimage]]), or in the time of [[Pope Theodore I]] (642–649).<ref name=SA>{{cite journal |last= Longhurst |first= Christopher |title= A Roman Christmas Ritual: Micro-Architecture and the Theatre of the Presepio |journal=[[Duncan G. Stroik#Institute for Sacred Architecture and The Sacred Architecture Journal|Sacred Architecture]] |volume= 16 (Fall 2009) |publisher= The Institute for Sacred Architecture |url= https://www.sacredarchitecture.org/articles/a_roman_christmas_ritual_micro_architecture_and_the_theatre_of_the_presepio |access-date= 24 December 2023}}</ref><ref name=TJC>{{cite encyclopedia |last= Craughwell |first= Thomas J. |title= Holy Manger (first venerated in the fourth or seventh century) |encyclopedia= Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics |year= 2011 |pages= 123–124 |publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group]] |isbn= 978-0307590749 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jQblhT1XtkMC&pg=PA124 |access-date= 24 December 2023}}</ref> In 2019, a fragment of the crib was removed from the Holy Crib reliquary and placed on permanent display at the [[Church of Saint Catherine, Bethlehem|Church of Saint Catherine]] in [[Bethlehem]].<ref name=AP19>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |agency=The Associated Press |title=Relic thought to be from Jesus' manger arrives in Bethlehem |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/relic-thought-be-jesus-manger-arrives-bethlehem-n1093676 |work=nbcnews.com |date=2019-11-30 |access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref>

[[Agiou Pavlou monastery|St. Paul's Monastery]] on [[Mount Athos]] claims to have relics of the '''[[Gifts of the Magi]]''', while in [[Croatia]], [[Dubrovnik]]'s cathedral claims to have the '''[[swaddling clothes]]''' the [[Child Jesus|baby Jesus]] wore during the [[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple|presentation at the Temple]].<ref>{{citation |last=Janekovic-Romer|first=Zdenka|title=Javni rituali u politickom diskursu humanistickog Dubrovnika|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/76971|language=hr|page=78|publisher=Zavod za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskog fakulteta Zagreb - Institute of Croatian history, Faculty of Philosophy Zagreb|year=1996}}</ref>