Chasse (casket)

The term refers to a reliquary shrine in which the relics of one or more saint are kept.

Reliquaries known in many religions: Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.

Known reliquaries in Germany are

  • In the Aachen Cathedral: Marie shrine with diapers and loin cloth of Jesus, Mary and dress of the decapitation of John the Baptist
  • In Cologne Cathedral: Three Kings shrine with the relics of the Magi
  • In the parish church of St. Hildegard and St. John the Baptist in Eibingen in the Rheingau: relics of Hildegard von Bingen.
  • In the Marburg Elisabeth Church: reliquary of Saint Elizabeth (who, however, since 1539 no longer contains relics )
  • In Bentlage monastery in Rheine (Nordrhein- Westfalen)
  • The shrine in Breisach Stephansmünster
  • Shrine of the will of Bold Berkheim in Berkheim in Upper Swabia.
  • In Hildesheim Cathedral: Shrine of hectoliters. Epiphanius of Pavia and shrine of St. Godehard

Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral Shrine

Shrine of St. Anthony the Great in the Hermits Church Warfhuizen.

Reliquary, Cologne, 13th century (now in the Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Shrine with the relics of Saint Hildegard of Bingen in the parish church of Eibingen

Silver shrine in Breisach Stephansmünster

Marienschrein St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg Gotthard of Hildesheim Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden
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