Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/y6zolb65zm
The Recognition of Two Reliquaries of St. Chrysogonus from the Zadar Cathedral of St. Anastasia
Ante Uglešić
; Odjel za arheologiju Sveučilišta u Zadru, Zadar, Hrvatska
Mario Šlaus
; Antropološki centar HAZU, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
In the paper, the authors present the results of the recognition of two reliquaries of St. Chrysogonus from the treasury of the Zadar cathedral of St. Anastasia, exhibited in the permanent display of church art in Zadar. One of the two reliquaries is in the form of chest, whilst the other is shaped as foot. Thanks to the examination of the saint’s relics, rather interesting and entirely new cognitions have been achieved with regard not only to the two reliquaries and the items in them, but also to the finds from the reliquary – the feet of St. Chrysogonus. Inter alia, the question regarding the date and origin of the two reliquaries – the feet of St. Chrysogonus from the cathedral treasury has been answered. The most important new cognition is that the skeleton from the reliquary – the Chest of St. Domnius – undoubtedly belongs not to this saint, but most probably to St. Chrysogonus. The proof thereof was that the hock joint from the reliquary – foot of St. Chrysogonus – connected perfectly to the tibia, fibula and heel bone from the Chest of St. Domnius. In this respect, the 14C analysis of the bones from the Chest of St. Domnius has been of relevance, as it has shown that the skeleton in question must be at least 500 years older than St. Domnius.
Keywords
Zadar; cathedral of St. Anastasia; reliquaries; relics; identification process; forensic-anthropological analyses; archaeology of reliquaries; St. Chrysogonus; St. Domnius; missionary’s lead ampule; crystal theca.
Hrčak ID:
277707
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Publication date:
18.5.2022.
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