A receptacle for keeping relics.
"Reliquaries" are containers used to store and display relics, typically associated with religious significance. These relics are often fragments of the remains of saints, or objects associated with them. Reliquaries are used in various religions, including Christianity and Buddhism.
The type of religious structure originally meant to house relics is called a "reliquary." Typically crafted from precious materials, reliquaries serve to protect and display sacred objects, such as the remains of saints or items associated with them. They are often found in churches and cathedrals, highlighting the significance of the relics within the faith community. Over time, reliquaries have evolved in design and function, but their primary purpose remains the veneration of holy relics.
Petra Janke has written: 'Ein heilbringender Schatz' -- subject(s): Catalogs, Christian art and symbolism, Dom zu Halberstadt, Relics, Religious life and customs, Reliquaries
Christian Popp has written: 'Der Schatz der Kanonissen' -- subject(s): Reliquaries, Canonesses, Art collections, Stift Gandersheim (Bad Gandersheim, Germany), Relics, Convents
Paul Parfait has written: 'Petit-Pierre' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'La foire aux reliques' -- subject(s): Christian saints, Cult, Relics and reliquaries
Baldassare Calisti has written: 'Le reliquie di San Luigi IX re di Francia nella cattedrale di Monreale' -- subject(s): Duomo di Monreale, Reliquaries
Roman Catholic AnswerIn a Reliquary - any vessel in which relics are sealed and kept. Reliquaries vary according to the requirements from a simple box or casket to a metal model of the kind of relic enclosed, e.g., an arm, a head, a cross. Most small relics are kept in a round case having a stem and stand, resembling a small monstrance; or in a sort of tiny pyx which may be carried about the person. Relics may not be exposed for public veneration unless enclosed in reliquaries. from A Catholic dictionary, Edited by Donald Attwater, second edition, revised.
Claire Wheeler Solt has written: 'The cult of saints and relics in the Romanesque art of southwestern France and the impact of imported Byzantine relics and reliquaries on early Gothic reliquary sculpture' -- subject- s -: Art, Art, Byzantine, Byzantine Art, Christian saints, Cult, Gothic Sculpture, Influence, Relics and reliquaries, Sculpture, Gothic
The earliest eight of the stupas were built around 483 BCE as reliquaries for Buddha's remains, which were themselves divided into eight parts. ( Page 232 of Hum 111 Strayer University)
The earliest eight of the stupas were built around 483 BCE as reliquaries for Buddha's remains, which were themselves divided into eight parts. ( Page 232 of Hum 111 Strayer University)
The treasure of the priory of Oignies sur la Sambre (a place in the commune/town of Aiseau) is a medieval church treasure that consist mainly of reliquaries (or shrines). It was made in the early 13th century (AD 1228 - 1238). It is considered as one of the "7 Wonders of Belgium".
Relics of the Apostle Andrew are kept at the Basilica of St Andrew in Patras, Greece; the Duomo di Sant'Andrea, Amalfi, Italy; St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland; and the Church of St Andrew and St Albert, Warsaw, Poland. There are also numerous smaller reliquaries throughout the world.