One of the 10 catacomb saints housed in Basilica Waldsassen, Germany, the largest such display in Europe. 16th-17th century. [4052×4027]

The church contains ten reliquaries of richly dressed and bejewelled skeletons. The skeletons were removed from the catacombs of Rome and were ornamented by Adalbart Eder, a Cistercian lay brother and skilled goldsmith, in the 18th century. It was believed at the time that clairvoyant priests could, through prayer, determine the identities of these skeletal remains.