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By the time he died in 1892, he had amassed more than 5,000 relics, the world’s largest collection outside of the Vatican. Today, St. Anthony’s Chapel stands on a quiet street in Pittsburgh...
Mar 25, 2016 · Saint Anthony's Chapel in Pittsburgh is home to the second-largest collection of Catholic relics in the world. Find out everything you need to know to visit this remarkable place.
- What Is A Relic?
- How The Relics Came to St. Anthony Chapel
- Father Mollinger’S Dream
- About The St. Anthony Chapel Relics
- Stations of The Cross
- St. Anthony Chapel Today
Probably the most basic question you might have is “What is a relic?” Basically, a relic is a physical or personal remain of a saint. A memento, per se, that a holy man or woman has left behind. Now, there are different kinds of relics as well. (Confused yet?) In fact, there are three different types of relics. A first-class relicis a relic that is...
Now that we know what a relic is, let’s talk about Father Mollinger’s hobby. While Mollinger still lived in Europe there was a lot of unrest going on. Monasteries were destroyed and relics were ending up in pawn shops. Mollinger, who had always had an interest in relics, began having a reputation as someone who was collecting relics for safekeeping...
In 1880, Father Mollinger traveled back to Europe to procure more relics. Upon his return, he approached the church to propose the building of a larger church in which his relics could be housed. The church realized that it could not afford such an undertaking and denied Mollinger’s request. At that point, Mollinger decided to build a chapel with h...
St. Anthony Chapel is currently home to more than 5,000 relics in 800 reliquaries throughout the front of the chapel in addition to 525 certificates of authenticity.Some of the many relics housed in the chapel include a splinter of the True Cross (on which Jesus was crucified), a thorn from the Crown of Thorns, a fragment of the cloak of St. Joseph...
WhileSt. Anthony Chapel is famous for its relic collection, it is also home to a life-size set of Stations of the Cross. These stations, which Father Mollinger purchased on a trip to Europe, are hand-carved and one-of-a-kind. They also necessitated an addition to the chapel. The addition was completed in 1892.
Father Mollinger spared no expense in building St. Anthony Chapel spending $300,000 of his own funds on importing stained glass windows, building an impressive edifice, and of course, purchasing the Stations of the Cross and the relics. Unfortunately as many of these stories go, years after Father Mollinger’s death, the chapel began falling into di...
Nov 13, 2013 · Apostles' bone chips, a saint's tooth, a crown and a piece of the Baby Jesus' swaddling clothes and manger are among the 5,000 Christian relics being preserved inside a private Pittsburgh...
Oct 31, 2020 · At St. Anthony’s Chapel in Pittsburgh, the dead lie round — more than 5,000 of them. The high altar of St. Anthony’s Chapel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (photo: Giovanni Guida / Wikimedia...
Jul 13, 2023 · PHOTO BY HUCK BEARD. The Belgian-born priest Father Suitbert Mollinger had an abiding interest in relics — bits of human remains, from the tiniest piece of fingernail to full skeletons, believed to be from the bodies of Catholic saints.
Apr 10, 2020 · Inside St. Anthony's Chapel lies a piece from the Crown of Thorns, a tooth of St. Anthony of Padua, and more than 5,000 other verified relics, or remains, of saints from around the world.
