Saint
Anthony Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA houses 4,000 to 5,000 religious relics,
making it the largest collection of relics outside the Vatican.
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Notable among the chapel's collection are the complete
skeletal remains of a saint named Demetrius (housed underneath the altar),
the skulls of Saint Macharius and a saint named Stephana, skulls of the
martyred companions of Saint Ursula, the skull of Saint Theodore, the tooth
of the chapel's patron, Saint Anthony of Padua, a bone fragment of Saint
Caesarius of Africa, and a thorn from the Crown of Thorns.
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HIGH ALTAR OF SAINT ANTHONY'S CHAPEL |
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