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# A cross blessed by Benedictine monks is placed on the restored spire of Notre-Dame
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/notr-dam-de-pari-vnov-pod-seniu-kresta/
- Published: 2023-12-07T18:08:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:49:34.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Architecture, Faith, Heritage, Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris is once more beneath the sign of the Cross. Today a cross, blessed by Benedictine monks, was set atop the restored spire.

Formerly the tip of the spire bore a metal casket in the form of a cockerel, which held three important relics of Notre-Dame: one of the seventy thorns of the Crown of Thorns, a particle of the relics of Saint Geneviève and a particle of the relics of Saint Denis of Paris. When the spire collapsed during the fire, this reliquary was lost together with the sacred objects it contained.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_10616@07-12-2023_21-08-03.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_10617@07-12-2023_21-08-03.jpg)