2,000-year-old remains inlaid with jewels and gold of two saints in Germany
The remains of two saints inlaid with jewels and dressed in sparkling gold costumes in the German church attracted the attention of many visitors.
The remains of two saints inlaid with jewels and dressed in sparkling gold costumes in the German church attracted the attention of many visitors.
The two remains of St. Hyacinth of Caesarea and St. Clemens are preserved in a glass case as a sacred Christian relic for hundreds of years in Furstenfeld church near Munich, Germany, Sun on February 23.
Saint Hyacinth had a skeleton of crown and lower jaw inlaid with precious stones, died in 108 at the age of 12. According to legend, he was imprisoned and tortured in Rome for following Christianity and worshiping ancient Roman gods old.When he refused to eat meat banned in Christianity, he accepted to starve to death.
The other skeleton belonged to St. Clemens who died in Rome in 95. He was beheaded by Christianity.
Furstenfeld Church was built in the mid-13th century by Louis II, the Duke of Bavaria, on the orders of Pope Alexander IV to repent for the first wife's murder.
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