Relics

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

The relics are stored in a silver reliquary, where they can be seen through glass.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 1521

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

This small museum collects the Christian remembrances which would otherwise be forgotten.