A List of Precious Relics.
ThE following list of holy relics reads curiously in Paris in those unbelieving days. The catalogue is, however, authentic:—1. Portions of the Cross. The largest pieces are to be found in the Cathedral of Paris, in the Church of Sainte Croix at Jerusalem, and Rome. 2. The Inscription on the Cross. The plate on which the letters are inscribed is also in the Church of Sainte Croix at Jerusalem, which was built on purpose to receive the piece of the cross and the plate. 3. The Crown of Thorns is in the Cathedral of Paris, but deprived of the thorns, which have been distributed among a number of churches. 4. The Nails. The first was thrown into the Adriatic by St. Helena to calm the raging winds. The second was formed into the celebrated Iron Crown of the Kings of Italy; and the third is in the Cathedral of Paris. 5. The Sponge is preserved in the Church of St. John, at Rome. 6. The Spear is also at Rome. 7. The Shroud. The city of Turin asserts that it possesses this priceless relic. 8. The Winding-sheet of St. Veronica is at Rome. 9. The Holy Coat is to be found in the Church of St. Argenteuil, having originally been given by Charlemagne to the priory of that place, of which his sister was the abbess. 10. The Pillar of the Flagellation is in the Church of St. Prosćede at Rome, to which city it was carried at the commencement of the 18th century. Note to No. 4. If the first nail was thrown into the Adriatic, the second formed into the Iron Crown now at Monza, and the third preserved in the Cathedral of Paris, how is it that we find in that great authority, Murray, an account of a reliquary, containing one of the nails of the cross, suspended over the altar in the Duomo, at Milan, which annually, on the Feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross (the third of May) is exposed on the altar and carried in solemn procession through the city?—Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.