Monday, February 4, 2019

SAINT ANTHONY'S CHAPEL - PITTSBURGH, PA


Saint Anthony Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA houses 4,000 to 5,000 religious relics, making it the largest collection of relics outside the Vatican.


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.
HIGH ALTAR OF SAINT ANTHONY'S CHAPEL

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