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  1. Jens Notroff @[email protected] ·

    This #HolyLance was first said to be the lance of #SaintMaurice - and an original silver sleeve (underneath the golden one seen today) explicitly mentions him by name … as well as a #nail, used for the crucifixion of Jesus, which was believed to have been embedded into the tip.

    #holylance #saintmaurice #nail
  2. Jens Notroff @[email protected] ·

    And a #HolyLance described as "the spear which pierced Jesus" in a 13th century manuscript comes from the monastery of #Geghard in #Armenia.

    Enshrined in a 17th-century reliquary it is on display at the #ManoogianMuseum in #Vagharshapat (previously: #Echmiadzin) today.

    #echmiadzin #holylance #geghard #armenia #manoogianmuseum #vagharshapat