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The Relics of Sainte-Chapelle are relic
Relic

A relic is an object or a personal item of Religion significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other religions....
s of Jesus Christ acquired by the French monarchy in the Middle Ages and now conserved by the Archdiocese of Paris. They were originally housed at Sainte-Chapelle
Sainte-Chapelle

La Sainte-Chapelle is a Gothic architecture chapel on the ?le de la Cit? in the heart of Paris, France. It is perhaps the high point of the full tide of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture....
 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 and are now in the cathedral treasury of Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris is a Gothic architecture cathedral on the eastern half of the ?le de la Cit? in the 4th arrondissement of Paris of Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west....
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Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
 built Sainte-Chapelle to house the Holy Crown
Crown of Thorns

In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion , was woven of thorn branches and placed on Jesus before Crucifixion of Jesus....
, a fragment of the True Cross
True Cross

The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christianity tradition, are believed to be from the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified....
 and other relics he had acquired from Baldwin II of Constantinople
Baldwin II of Constantinople

Baldwin II of Courtenay was the last emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Yolanda of Flanders, sister of the first two emperors, Baldwin I of Constantinople and Henry of Flanders....
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The Relics of Sainte-Chapelle are relic
Relic

A relic is an object or a personal item of Religion significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other religions....
s of Jesus Christ acquired by the French monarchy in the Middle Ages and now conserved by the Archdiocese of Paris. They were originally housed at Sainte-Chapelle
Sainte-Chapelle

La Sainte-Chapelle is a Gothic architecture chapel on the ?le de la Cit? in the heart of Paris, France. It is perhaps the high point of the full tide of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture....
 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 and are now in the cathedral treasury of Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame de Paris is a Gothic architecture cathedral on the eastern half of the ?le de la Cit? in the 4th arrondissement of Paris of Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west....
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Medieval and early modern

Saint Louis
Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
 built Sainte-Chapelle to house the Holy Crown
Crown of Thorns

In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion , was woven of thorn branches and placed on Jesus before Crucifixion of Jesus....
, a fragment of the True Cross
True Cross

The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christianity tradition, are believed to be from the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified....
 and other relics he had acquired from Baldwin II of Constantinople
Baldwin II of Constantinople

Baldwin II of Courtenay was the last emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Yolanda of Flanders, sister of the first two emperors, Baldwin I of Constantinople and Henry of Flanders....
. This made the chapel itself an immense reliquary, housing the crown, the True Cross fragment, relics of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Lance
Holy Lance

The Holy Lance is the name given to the lance that pierced Jesus's side in Gospel of John of the crucifixion of Jesus....
, the Holy Sponge
Holy Sponge

The Holy Sponge is one of the Instruments of the Passion. It was dipped in vinegar and offered to Christ to drink during the Crucifixion, according to Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; and John 19:29....
 and the Mandylion
Image of Edessa

According to Christian legend, the Image of Edessa, , was a holy relic consisting of a square or rectangle of cloth upon which a miraculous image of the face of Jesus was imprinted — the first icon ....
, a supposed image of Christ In the early modern era the kings of France drained their treasury, sold rubies and melted down gold to supply their vast military spending needs, making all the chapel's ecclesiastical treasures into a monetary reserve that could be used if needed, as they had also been in the medieval era. This meant that under Henry IV of France
Henry IV of France

Henry de Bourbon, , ruled as Henry III, List of Navarrese monarchs, from 1572 to 1610, and as Henry IV, List of French monarchs, from 1589 to 1610....
 what was left of the treasure was reduced to the state it would hold until the French Revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
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Revolution to present

The Revolution meant a ban on conserving relics and all other sacred symbols links to the kings, though this allowed for pieces judged to be of high artistic quality to be saved. These relics were handed over to the archbishop of Paris in 1804 and are still held in the cathedral treasury of Notre Dame, cared for by the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
Order of the Holy Sepulchre

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a Catholic chivalric order of Knighthood that traces its roots to Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade....
 and the cathedral chapter. Every first Wednesday of the month, in the afternoon, guarded by the Knights, the Holy Relics are exposed for veneration and adoration by the faithful before the cathedral's high altar. Every Good Friday, this adoration lasts all day, punctuated by the liturgical offices. An exhibition entitled Le trésor de la Sainte-Chapelle was put on at the Louvre
Louvre

The Louvre Museum , located in Paris, is a historic monument, and a national museum of France. It is a central landmark, located on the Rive Droite of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement of Paris ....
 in 2001.