Speaking of beauty and humility in the liturgy, here is a final set of images from the new show at St Peter’s Basilica, a display of reliquaries and other liturgical objects from many different parts of central Italian province of Lazio.
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| Reliquary of St Rosalia in silver and agate, 17th century, from the cathedral of St Lawrence in Tivoli. |
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| Silver reliquary bust of St Blaise, attributed to Nicola Treglia (died in 1721); from the church of St John the Baptist in Monte San Biagio, in archdiocese of Gaeta. |
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| Reliquary statue of St Dolcissima, Virgin and Martyr in the persecution of Diocletian (303-6), Patron Saint of Sutri; mid-18th century, gilded wood, with head, hands and feet in silver. |
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| Reliquary bust of Pope St Soter (ca. 167-174), silver , first half of the 17th century; from the church of St Peter in Fondi, (famous also as the place where the Great Western Schism began in 1378). |
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| Pax brede in silver and copper, with gemstones, second half of the 15th century; from the Diocesan Museum of Tarquinia. |
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| Reliquary bust of St Margaret, mid-15th century, possibly Sienese in silver, copper and colored stones; from the cathedral of St Margaret in Montefiascone. |
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| Reliquary bust of St Agapitus, a deacon martyred along with Pope St Sixtus II in 258; silver and copper, second half of the 15th century, with a base of the early 16th, from the church of St Francis in Tarquinia. |
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| Processional Cross, silve, 14th-century; from the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Cittaducale |
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| Left: a late 13th century reliquary bust in silver and copper of St Folco (or ‘Fulk’), a pilgrim from England who died while travelling through Italy, venerated as the patron Saint of the city of Santopadre, in silver and copper. Right: reliquary of St Matthew in silver and colored stones, end 13th-century, from the museum of the Duomo of Veroli. |
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| Door for a reliquary, in copper and enamel on wood, made in Limoges, France, first quarter of the 13th century. From the Museum of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome. |