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The Basilica. Relics. Relics. The relics of the Cross were initially stored in the chapel created in the IV century by St. Helen herself; in the XVI century they were moved to allow a more adequate conservation and in 1931 they found their final place in the modern Chapel accessible via the corridor that symbolize an ideal ascent to Calvary.
Today, the relics are very beautifully displayed in a side chapel. The church is almost always empty, which is sad given the treasures it holds, but it’s great for the pilgrim that does make the journey here. Unlike many relics, one is able to get, literally, inches from the relics of the Passion.
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Mar 14, 2021 · Today the relics are kept in a chapel accessed by an uphill corridor, a symbol of the ascent to Calvary. In the reliquary are kept three fragments of the “True Cross,” two thorns from the ...
Several famous relics of disputed authenticity are housed in the Cappella delle Reliquie, built in 1930 by architect Florestano Di Fausto, including part of the Elogium or Titulus Crucis, i.e. the panel which was hung on Christ's Cross (generally either ignored by scholars or considered to be a medieval forgery); two thorns of the Crown of ...
The Basilica. The Basilica of The Holy Cross in Jerusalem is located in Rome, in the Esquilino quarter, close to the Aurelian Walls and the Castrense Amphitheatre, between the Basilica of St. John Lateran and Porta Maggiore. The Basilica of the Holy Cross is part of the route of the “Seven Churches” that ancient pilgrims used to visit on foot.
According to the tradition, under the floor there was the original ground of Jerusalem brought by Helena together with other relics, today housed in the nearby Chapel of the Relics. A room close to the Chapel of the Relics hosts both a life-size copy of the Holy Shroud – a gift to the Basilica of the Diocesan Commission of the Shroud of the ...
The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem keeps the Relics of the Passion of Jesus in the Chapel of Relics, which is upstairs the left aisles. The most famous ones are the fragments of the Holy Cross of Jesus, found by St. Helena on Calvarium in Jerusalem.
