THE HOLY ROBE OF TRIER

The Holy Robe of Trier

In the Diocese of Trier (Treves), the Commemoration of the Holy Robe, tunic of Christ, takes place on Friday of the second week of Easter.

The Holy Robe (der Heilige Rock zu Trier) is one of the alleged relics of Christ (John 19:23). Widely known is the sacred robe kept in Trier Cathedral, first exhibited in 1512 for the veneration of the faithful at the request of Emperor Maximilian. There are various theories of how the garment arrived in this famous German city - some say that Helena, mother of Constantine facilitated the transfer of the precious relic; others reckon that Orendel, the son of King Eygel, who was shipwrecked on the train to Palestine, brought it to Trier. In 1891 Bishop Korum had the relic exhibited again; 1,925,130 pilgrims went to Trier, of whom, according to the bishop, 11 were healed and a number of other pilgrims experienced improvement of their situation.

(Further reading: Korum, Miracles and Divine Graces at the Exhibition of the Holy Robe in Trier in 1891; Meyers Large Conversation Lexicon, Volume 9. Leipzig 1907)

PILGRIM PRAYER:

Jesus Christ, Saviour and Redeemer,

have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Remember your Christendom

and join together what is separate.

Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

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