Where is the real crown of thorns?

The French king Louis IX (St. Louis) took the relic to Paris about 1238 and had the Sainte-Chapelle built (1242–48) to house it. The thornless remains are kept in the treasury of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; they survived a devastating fire in April 2019 that destroyed the church's roof and spire.



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The relic consists of a circumference of intertwined branches or reeds, 21 cm in diameter. It is preserved in the Notre Dame CathedralIn Paris, in a glass tube, without the thorns that accompanied it, as these were distributed over the centuries as partial relics of the crown.

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However, the Crown of Thorns, the tunic of Saint-Louis and the wood of the Cross will not be part of the exhibition, as the Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, where they rest in the meantime, is unable to lend them. The Louvre's petite galerie, a highly educational space, will host the hundred or so objects.

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