Relics

Examples of Relics in the following topics:

• Buddhist Stupas

  • A stupa is a traditional Buddhist monument that houses holy relics associated with the Buddha.
  • A stupa, literally meaning "heap," is a mound-like structure designed to encase Buddhist relics and other holy objects.
  • Emperor Ashoka, who ruled from 274-236 BCE during the Maurya Empire, is said to have redistributed the relics housed in the original stupas into thousands of stupas throughout India.
  • Relic stupas, in which the relics of Buddha and other religious persons are buried;

• Objects of Worship in the Middle Byzantine Empire

  • A reliquary is a protective container used for the storage and display of sacred objects called relics.
  • Relics were a part of the body of a dead saint that was preserved for veneration.
  • Some relics are believed to be endowed with miraculous powers, and other relics have come to play key roles in certain church festivals.
  • The veneration of relics and use of reliquaries became popular during the Byzantine period when the bodies of saints were often moved and divided between Churches.
  • While many relics were honored and venerated, the church never considered this form of devotion as a form of worship, which was an act reserved for God.

• Gothic Architecture: La Saint-Chapelle

  • It was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of relics of the passion, including the Crown of Thorns—one of the most important relics in medieval Christendom.

• Economic Systems

  • Societies that fail to meet minimum subsistence requirements for its members become relics of the past.

• The Church

  • Likewise, those who did not return from the Crusades could be suitably commemorated by their families in works of stone and mortar.The Crusades resulted in the transfer of a great number of holy relics of saints and apostles, among many other things relocated through the fortunes of war.
  • Many churches were like Saint-Front, Périgueux, and had their own homegrown saint; others claimed the remains and the patronage of a powerful saint whose relics were brought back from the Holy Land, Santiago de Compostella, for example, was host to the presumed relics of one of the Twelve Apostles, St.

• Buddhist Architecture and Sculpture

  • Three types of structures are typically associated with the religious architecture of early Buddhism: monasteries (viharas), places to venerate relics (stupas), and shrines or prayer halls (chaityas or chaitya grihas), which later came to be called temples in some places.
  • The initial function of the stupa was the veneration and safe-guarding of the relics of the Buddha.
  • Intended to enshrine relics of the Buddha, they were built in various shapes, including the bubble, the pot, and the bell.

• Pre-Iconic Buddhist Art and Architecture

  • Another characteristic feature of Buddhist architecture was the stupa, a mound-like structure housing the relics of holy men.
  • It contains the relics of the Buddha and is decorated with fine examples of Pre-Iconic Buddhist sculpture.

• The Shift East

  • The new city was protected by the relics of the True Cross, the Rod of Moses and other holy relics, though a cameo now at the Hermitage Museum also represented Constantine crowned by the tyche of the new city.

• Romanesque Architecture: The Church of Saint-Lazare

  • Due to the veneration of relics in this period, the Bishop of Autun ordered the creation of a larger cathedral to house the relics and accommodate the influx of pilgrims into Autun.

• Pilgrimage Churches

  • The Crusades resulted in the transfer of, among other things, a great number of Holy Relics of saints and apostles.