Relics play an important role in human history. The objects with which we will introduce you in this article have become a kind of physical embodiment and proof of the presence of higher powers on earth.
Buddha Tooth
As you know, Buddha was cremated. Khema, his diligent student, after burning the mentor, found his left fang in a heap of ash. After that she gave it to King Brahmadatta.
Subsequently, various legends began to appear that the one who owns the Buddha's tooth has the divine right to rule the entire kingdom of Brahmadatta. A lot of blood was shed to take possession of this relic. Today, the tooth of the Buddha is kept in several golden boxes and is only obtained during especially important ceremonies.
Cloak of the Prophet Muhammad
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This famous relic has been kept in the Kandahar sanctuary for many years, since the 17th century. It is worth noting that the cloak of the Prophet Muhammad is the main Muslim shrine.
Hand of Mary Magdalene
They say that at the time when St. Hugo arrived at the monastery of Thekam, in 1191, and was presented with a relic: the hand of Mary Magdalene. St. Hugo made several attempts to take a piece. Imagine the horror on the faces of the monks when he simply bit off two fingers from the relic.
Virgin Mary's breast milk
In the Middle Ages, this relic was very popular. A stone church was erected near Bethlehem. Legend has it that the stone turned completely white after being exposed to the breast milk of the Virgin Mary.
Another legend tells that St. Bernard was praying in front of her statue, when suddenly milk began to pour from his chest. Bottles of this liquid were distributed throughout Europe.
St. Teresa of Avila
The huge role of St. Teresa of Avila played in Franco's dictatorship as well as in the Spanish Civil War. The fact is that Franco's regime was based on Catholicism, and the Sun. Teresa has become a symbol of sorts propagating his violent ideology.
Franco became the owner of the hand of the Sun. Teresa of Avila in 1937. He did not part with the relic for a second, even slept with it, putting it under the pillow. In 1975 Franco passed away, clutching the relic in his hand.
The blood of St. Januaria
In 305 St. Januarius was beheaded near the crater of the Solfatar volcano. The woman named Eusebia collected his blood and brought it with her to Naples. According to eyewitnesses, this blood is discharged.
It is removed from the tomb three times a year. Thousands of people from all over the world come to witness the miracle, to see with their own eyes how blood turns into liquid. It also happened that the miracle did not happen on the set day. It was a sign of social disaster. This happened three times in the last century: in 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II; in 1844 - before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and in 1980 - before one of the most powerful earthquakes.
Veronica's Plath
Tradition says that this miraculous image of Jesus Christ appeared on a handkerchief that Saint Veronica held out to Jesus at the moment when he carried his heavy cross to Calvary.
He wiped his face with it. Unfortunately, the original has been lost. Only copies have survived to this day.
Holy flesh
The first time about the holy flesh of Jesus Christ is mentioned in 800. Then Charlemagne introduced her to Pope Leo II. It is noteworthy that the foreskin of Jesus visited in the form of visions more often than female saints. This relic was stolen in 1983 in Kolkata.
Tomb of the Three Wise Men
In 1164, the remains of the Three Wise Men arrived in Cologne. St. Helena gathered them in Jerusalem. The tomb is a real work of art.
This is a kind of triple sarcophagus, decorated with gold plates. It should be noted that at the moment this tomb is the largest in the entire western world.
Head of Catherine of Siena
Once Catherine prayed, pronouncing the words of a psalm (“Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit within me,” Ps. 50:12), asking the Lord to take away her weak heart and her own will. And then she dreamed that Christ had appeared, and embracing her, drew her to him, and then took the heart from her breast and took it away with him. This sensation was so vivid that even after that she did not feel this internal organ in her chest.
Some time later, in the chapel, Christ appeared to her in the midst of a bright light, holding a radiant heart in his hand. He gave it to him instead of the previous one, more similar to his own (this vision literally repeated the word from Scripture: “I will give you a new heart”, Ezek. 36:26, 27 [8]). The wound is said to have left a permanent mark on her chest.