Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Reliquary of Saint Justus, executed at 13, in the form of a cephalophore

A reliquary shaped like a figure holding a crowned sphere in its hands, in a glass case on a church column.

The decapitated who carry their own heads as instruments of their passion are called cephalophores. This rare reliquary, in the form of a man holding his own head in his hands, is dedicated to Saint Justus, executed at the age of 13

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