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Cruets from Nagyvárad
Cruets from the first quarter of the 16th century, gilded gold, Hungary. The foot and belly are decorated with pear and leaf motifs, while the…
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Wawel monstrance
17th-century baroque monstrance donated by Michał Oborski, auxiliary bishop of Kraków. According to legend, the cross on it, set with diamonds, was supposed to belong…
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Retablo Mayor de Sevilla
The largest reredos in the world which is located in the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See in Seville. It was designed in 1482…
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FSSPX
In the photo one can see a beautiful set of vestments used during priestly ordination performed by Bishop Alfons de Galarreta on June 28, 2019,…
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Altare Cathedrae Sancti Petri
The Altar of the Cathedral located in the apse of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican captured, presumably, in a short period of…
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Cross of Mathilda
Cross of Mathilda, a processional crux gemmata commissioned by Teofano, the abbess of the canoness’ monastery in Essen, in honor of her predecessor, Mathilda II,…
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Rose cassock
A rose cardinal cassock with a train from the first half of the 18th century. Twice a year, on the third Sunday of Advent, called…
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Chasuble from Kremsmünster
Rekwialny ornat z benedyktyńskiego opactwa Kremsmünster w Austrii z przedstawieniem na czarnym aksamicie Śmierci wspierającej się na kosie i mającej pod stopami różne oznaki władzy…
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Cross of Lothair
Processional crux gemmata (jewelled cross) from the treasury of the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary in Aachen, made before the year 1000. Core of oak…
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Corona Christi
A crystal, gold-decorated reliquary of the Crown of Thorns, currently stored in the treasury of the Cathedral of the Notre-Dame in Paris; late 19th century.
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St. Deodatus
A relic of St. Deodatus, a martyr, Rheinau, Switzerland. These remains, along with many others, were found in the 16th century in accidentally discovered Roman…
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Reliquary from Offida
The reliquary from Offida (XIII century), containing the Host miraculously transformed into the bleeding Body of Christ and a fragment of the True Cross
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Lindau Gospels
The front cover of the Gospel Book from the end of the 9th century from the Benedictine Abbey of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
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Viking pontificals
The crosier of a narwhal tusk and the gold ring belonging to the Bishop of Gardar, the medieval Norman settlement in the southern Greenland.
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Cathedra Petri
The Altar of the Chair of St. Peter located in the western apse of the Vatican Basilica. The bronze reliquary containing a wooden throne which,…
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In rose(s)
A Solemn High Mass celebrated by priests of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest at the Cathedral of St. Romulus in Fiesole (Tuscany)…
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Chasuble from Salzburg
A Medieval chasuble (11th century) from the Benedictine Archabbey of St. Peter in Salzburg. It is made of dark blue and black silk, and adorned with…
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Epiphany 2012
Pope Benedict XVI is kneeling at the faldstool decorated, like the pillow lying on it, with the coat of arms of Leo XIII during the…
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Tiara of Benedict XVI
The tiara presented to Benedict XVI by a group of German Catholics in May 2011. It was made of a mixture of silver, brass and…
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Choir
The choir of the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Toledo [the source of the image].
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Monstrance from Lanciano
The silver reliquary from Lanciano containing in crystal containers the Body and Blood of Christ miraculously transformed during Holy Mass celebrated in 700 A.D by…
