Reliquary with the Tooth of Saint John the Baptist information

The Reliquary with the Tooth of Saint John the Baptist is a piece from the Guelph Treasure that is owned and displayed by the Art Institute of Chicago...

The beheading of John the Baptist, also known as the decollation of Saint John the Baptist or the beheading of the Forerunner, is a biblical event commemorated...

in the United States. With the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar, the memorial of Saint John Baptist de la Salle was moved to his day of death...

Prōtoklētos) stems from the Gospel of John, where Andrew, initially a disciple of John the Baptist, follows Jesus and, recognizing him as the Messiah, introduces...

in art with pincers in which a tooth is held. Saint Apollonia is one of the two patron saints of Catania. William S. Walsh noted that, though the major...

derives from the Latin reliquiae, meaning "remains", and a form of the Latin verb relinquere, to "leave behind, or abandon". A reliquary is a shrine that...

c. 451 – 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to...

Reliquary with Tooth of Saint John the Baptist, rock crystal c. 1000, Egypt, silver gilt metalwork 1375–1400, Braunschweig, Germany (Art Institute of...

Bust-Reliquary: Saint Peter (18th century) A Framed Painting: Baptism of Christ (18th century) A Statue: Saint Joseph (1863) A Statue: Saint John the Baptist...

relics of Sanctinus to itinerant merchants of Verdun. His tooth is preserved in a reliquary in Verdun Cathedral. This explains the veneration of Sanctinus...

Imperial Orb, the Imperial Sceptre, the Imperial Sword, the Ceremonial Sword, the Imperial Cross, the Holy Lance, and all other reliquaries except St. Stephen's...

Tomb of Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (r.996-1002) Eagle lectern with bat, 15th century Marienschrein (1238), among the Aachen reliquaries. Ambon of Henry...

dated at this stage, is the singular St John the Baptist placed in the tympanum of the capitol of the eponymous Abbey in Parma. The work, undocumented and...