Category:Crown of Thorns (subject)
According to Christian traditions, the Crown of Thorns is one of the Relics of Jesus.
Overview
As an instrument of the Passion of Jesus, the Crown of Thorns is mentioned in the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and John, and in later Christian traditions.
As a relict the Crown of Thorns is first attested in some literary sources at Jerusalem, among the most sacred Relics of Jesus.
The Paris Crown of Thorns
In 1268 Baldwin II, the Latin Emperor of Constantinople offered the Crown of Thorns to St. Louis, King of France. It was supposed to be same relic once venerated at Jerusalem and then moved to Constantinople. St. Louis built the Sainte-Chapelle (completed 1248) for its reception in Paris, France. The relic remained there until the French Revolution, when it was briefly transferred to the Bibliothèque Nationale. In 1806 it was returned to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, where it is still preserved. In 1896 a new reliquary was made to contain the relic.
The Paris Crown consists only of a circlet of rushes, without any trace of thorns. According to the tradition the thorns were separated from the band of rushes and distributed in several reliquaries, then presented to different churches and monasteries. None of these now remain in Paris.
The Holy Thorns
There are more than 700 relics of the Holy Thorns. Some claim to come from Paris, some claim to have been separated from the "original" relict in much earlier times. Among the ones still venerated are the relits at St. Michael's church in Ghent, and at Stonyhurst College.
In Depth
- Crown of Thorns (sources) -- survey of ancient sources
- Crown of Thorns (arts) -- survey of fictional works
- Crown of Thorns (research) -- survey of scholarly works
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