Timeline of Relics of Saints & the Blessed
The following is a listing of individual relics of Saints & the Blessed (last updated June 26th, 2026) in the All Saints Shrine at Sacred Heart Byzantine Catholic Church ordered by date of death. Only relics for which we have entered a date of death are shown, so the listing may be incomplete. For the full listing (ordered alphabetically) see the full list of relics. If more than one Relic is possessed by the Shrine, the number is shown in brackets after the Saint's name. Relics associated with the Life, Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ are also on display at the Shrine, and are dated at the traditional date of the Crucifixion of 33AD.
- Holy Innocents, (Multiple Male Infant Bone Fragments unearthed in Bethlehem from a mass grave. Dated during the reign of Herod the Great.) (+c.2AD)
- Wood of the True Cross of Christ, (3 small fragments) Discovered in Jerusalem by St. Helen, and subsequently brought to Rome in 324AD (3) (+c.33AD)
- Holy Sepulcher, Small rock fragment (+c.33AD)
- Shroud of Turin, Small linen fibers taken directly from Christ's actual burial cloth - includes an Ecclesiastical Document of Authenticity, dated 1806 A.D. (+c.33AD)
- The Sudarium of Oviedo, 2mm x 2mm thread from the burial "face-cloth" of Christ (see: John 20). (+c.33AD)
- Tip from the Crown of Thorns, Now kept in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France (+c.33AD)
- 19th Century Replica Cast of a "Holy Nail", The documented casting taken from one of the three nails discovered by St. Helena in Jerusalem. (+c.33AD)
- Andrew the Apostle, Brother of Peter (5) (+c.65AD)
- Paul of Tarsus, Apostle and Martyr (4) (+c.66AD)
- Diodatus of Antioch, Martyr & Non-Mercenary (+c.96AD)
- Ignatius of Antioch, Church Father, Martyr (+107AD)
- Alexander I, Pope of Rome & Martyr (+c.117AD)
- Anastasia of Rome, Virgin and Martyr (2) (+c.250AD)
- Agatha, Virgin & Martyr (+251AD)
- Agrippina of Rome, Virgin and Martyr (+262AD)
- Agnes of Rome, Virgin and "Great Martyr" (+304AD)
- Adrian of Nicomedia, Martyr (+306AD)
- Nicholas of Myra and Bari, Archbishop and Patron of Children: (7" right radius bone), plus "Manna of Saint Nicholas" of Myra via Saint Nicholas Basilica, Bari) (7) (+343AD)
- Martin, Bishop of Tours (+397AD)
- Alexius of Edessa, Mesopotamia (and Rome), "Man of God" & Penitent (+c.411AD)
- Leo I, "The Great", Pope of Rome (+461AD)
- Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury & Martyr (+1170AD)
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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church"
~St. Tertullian |
