An ancient relic said to have been worn by Jesus Christ at his crucifixion has returned to the Notre-Dame Cathedral, five years after the relic was saved from a fire that devastated the church.
The Crown of Thorns – comprised of a circle of rushes encased in a crystal and gold tube – was brought back to the cathedral in a ceremony overseen by the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich.
The crown was acquired by King Louis IX of France in Constantinople in 1239 for 135,000 livres – nearly half France’s annual expenditure at the time.
Initially kept at the Sainte-Chapelle, it was moved to Notre-Dame’s treasury in 1806 – until a massive fire in 2019 ripped through the 850-year-old building.
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