Collections of SaintsLook at tombs and relics, rotate a museum object, and learn to read historical traces with greater care.
Licensed photographs of actual places. Choose a location to see its full gallery and the history of its remains.
Assisi · ItalyFrancis’s tomb in the Assisi basilica crypt. The photograph shows the place of veneration and stone container, not the tomb’s complete contents.
Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo source · 14 October 2010
Assisi · ItalyThe dressed figure in Clare’s tomb space at Santa Chiara. The custodian distinguishes this body-shaped container from the remains it protects.
José Luiz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source · 19 September 2016
Padua · ItalyDetail of Anthony’s reliquaries in Padua. The decorated container and the reported bodily relic within it are distinct.
Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · CC BY 2.0 · Photo source · 30 June 2019
Lisieux · FranceThe châsse with Thérèse’s figure in the Lisieux Carmel chapel, photographed in July 2025. The figure and container should not be confused with a complete body.
Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source · 14 July 2025
Roma · ItalyIgnatius’s urn beneath his chapel altar in the Gesù, Rome. The photograph shows the container and altar setting.
Torvindus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo source · 13 November 2005
Kolkata · IndiaTeresa’s tomb at the Mother House, Kolkata. A visit photograph from 2010; the decoration may change.
Steve Browne & John Verkleir from Chicago, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Photo source · 3 November 2010
Namugongo · UgandaUganda Martyrs Basilica at Namugongo, photographed in 2024. The building stands at Charles Lwanga’s martyrdom site.
Lebu Ayiga · CC0 · Photo source · 19 July 2024 · Resized and converted to WebP. The source license continues to apply.
Dangjin · South KoreaThe Solmoe shrine complex in 2014, commemorating Andrew Kim’s birthplace. This is not the burial site at Mirinae.
Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo source · 13 May 2014 · Resized and converted to WebP. The source license continues to apply.
Kahnawà:ke, Québec · CanadaThe church at Kahnawà:ke housing Kateri’s shrine. The capture date is unrecorded; the date below is the source upload date.
Nastya777 · CC0 · Photo source · Uploaded 17 August 2013 · Resized and converted to WebP. The source license continues to apply.
Lima · PeruInterior of Santo Domingo Church in Lima, photographed on 28 July 2015. This Dominican complex preserves the legacies of Peruvian saints.
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source · 28 July 2015 · Resized and converted to WebP. The source license continues to apply.
Poi, Futuna · Wallis and FutunaSaint-Pierre-Chanel Basilica at Poi, Futuna, photographed in 2018. The site associated in the Marist account with the principal relics’ return.
Vogensto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source · 24 November 2018 · Resized and converted to WebP. The source license continues to apply.A scan of Cleveland Museum of Art object 1930.741. The ivory dates to around 1000 and the frame is later. Rotate it to explore carved scenes, metal and stones. This is a reliquary-art example, not a model of the six saints’ relics.
Book-shaped reliquary, Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1930.741. This teaching object is not presented as holding a relic of any of the six saints on this site.
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In a Catholic context, relics include saints’ bodily remains and associated objects. The Church’s instruction distinguishes significant and smaller relics. A gold container’s appearance alone does not identify the relic’s type.
Congregation for the Causes of SaintsA container for preserving or presenting relics. Its form can be an artwork in its own right. The museum’s book-shaped example shows that a container need not resemble what it holds.
Cleveland Museum of ArtIn a tomb history, translation means moving remains from one place to another, not changing the language of a text. Anthony’s custodian distinguishes several such transfers.
Basilica of Saint AnthonyA Church procedure for examining and recording remains, documents and seals. An online photograph does not replace it. This site presents custodians’ reports rather than issuing certificates of authenticity.
Congregation for the Causes of SaintsA crypt is a space within a building; a tomb is a burial place. In Assisi, the crypt provides the setting for Francis’s tomb. A room, altar or facade photograph does not automatically show a tomb’s contents.
Basilica of Saint FrancisChurch recognition connected with a saint’s teaching. Thérèse received this title in 1997. It is not a medical qualification or evidence of a university degree in medicine.
The Holy SeeStart with four questions: what is visible, who took the photograph, when was it taken, and where? Separate observation from the custodian’s description. A container photograph records an appearance at a particular time; it cannot alone prove contents, authenticity or visitor access today. The gallery brings captions, credits, available dates and source links together.
Basilica of Saint ClareMissionaries of CharitySaints’ stories can draw on letters, biographies, community records and devotional testimony, each written for different purposes. Follow chapter references and ask whether a statement is a historical date, an account of belief or a reflective question. Clare’s differing chronologies and the distinction between her remains and their container show why careful reading matters.
The Holy SeeBasilica of Saint ClareBasilica of Saint ClareAtlas locations are also places of prayer and community homes. Check custodian information for access, photography and schedules. An online photograph does not mean every visitor may photograph from the same spot. Use the atlas to recognise the area, then consult official guidance for a visit; a city point is not navigation to an altar.
Missionaries of CharityChurch of the Gesù