Holy Nail
Trier Cathedral Treasury, Trier, Germany
Relic of the Holy Nail with reliquary made c.980 AD in Trier, 21.4 cm (8.5 in) long. Like St. Andrew's Altar, the Holy Nail reliquary was made under Archbishop Egbert (977-93) to enshrine a relic brought to Trier by Empress St. Helena in the 4th century. The iron spike, said to be one of the four with which Christ was nailed to the cross, was a highly important relic in medieval Trier...
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