Holy Nail
Videos
Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Jesus was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians, particularly Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox. In Christian symbolism and art, they figure among the Arma Christi or Instruments of the Passion, the objects associated with the Passion of Jesus. Like the other Instruments, the Holy Nails have become an object of veneration among many Christians and have been pictured in paintings.
Holy Nail reliquary in the Treasury of Trier Cathedral
Angel Holding the Holy Nails, formerly one of a series of "Angels of the Passion", oak, formerly painted, Northern French, late 13th century (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Holy Nail in Santa Maria della Scala in Siena
Iron Crown
Videos
The Iron Crown is a reliquary votive crown, traditionally considered one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. It was made in the Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition held to be made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross. In the later Middle Ages, the crown came to be seen as a heritage from the Kingdom of the Lombards and was used as regalia for the coronation of some Holy Roman Emperors as kings of Italy. It is kept in the Duomo of Monza.
The Iron Crown, preserved in the Cathedral of Monza, Italy
Monza Cathedral