Where is the real crown of thorns kept?

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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In 1238, the Latin Emperor Baldwin II of Constantinople yielded the relic to French King Louis IX. It was kept in the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris until 15 April 2019, when it was rescued from a fire and moved to the Louvre Museum. Reproductions of the crown are available to tourists from shops in Jerusalem.

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The relics of the Passion presented at Notre-Dame de Paris include a piece of the Cross along with the Holy Crown of Thorns, and of all the relics at the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, the Crown of Thorns is without a doubt the most precious and the most revered.

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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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