CNA Staff, Mar 27, 2020 / 07:30 am
A German cathedral will publicly display the relics of St. Corona, an early Christian martyr, once the COVID-19 outbreak has ended in the country.
The Catholic cathedral in the city of Aachen, western Germany, was already planning to display the reliquary of St. Corona before the global COVID-19--also known as the novel coronavirus--pandemic struck. The shrine was to be included in an exhibit on goldwork and gold craftsmanship, and has not been able to be viewed by the public for the past 25 years.
The cathedral, commonly known as the Imperial Cathedral because it was used by the Emperor Charlemagne, has housed the relics since the year 997 AD.
A spokeswoman for the cathedral was quoted by Reuters saying that, due to the coincidence of the saint's name and the subfamily of the virus that has infected thousands of people around the world, she expects there to be "more interest" in viewing the saint's remains.