| January 26, 2005
The Holy Lance was a sacred relic claimed to have been the very lance used in piercing the side of Jesus as he hung from the cross. Its existence in Jerusalem has been recorded through the 5th century and into the 6th up until the city was captured by the Persians in the year of 615. The point of the lance, however, managed to have survived and was brought to Hagia Sophia in Constantinople where it was placed within an icon. In 1241 the antiquity was presented to Louis IX of France where he then preserved it inside the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. Ultimately, it would become lost during the French Revolution and has not surfaced since its disappearance.
Posted by admin at January 26, 2005 11:56 AM