A German cathedral has dug out its collection of relics related to the little-known SAINT CORONA, said to be the patron saint of resisting epidemics, amid the growing coronavirus crisis.
Aachen Cathedral, near Germany's borders with Belgium and the Netherlands
The cathedral had planned to display St Corona's shrine this summer as part of an exhibition on gold craftsmanship before the outbreak began in China
No one knows when the opening will be,
but experts are now painstakingly cleaning the gold, bronze and ivory shrine, which has been hidden from public view for 25 years, in preparation for when it can be publicly viewed.
Legend has it that Victor was a Roman soldier of Italian ancestry, serving in the city of Damascus in Roman Syria during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius. He was tortured, including having his eyes gouged out. While he was suffering from the tortures, the sixteen-year-old wife of another soldier, Corona,
For this, she was arrested and interrogated. According to the passio of Corona , which is considered largely fictional, Corona
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| St. Victor of Siena |
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