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the holy lands

a weapon also called the Spear of

Destiny

the spear that is believed to have

pierced Christ's side at his crucifixion

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let's go back to the origins to the

fateful day of his death

he is indigo in ordeal which prevails of

the hands of the Romans it's the

crucifixion

crucifixion an extreme torture that was

always fatal so why the need for a spear

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what evidence do we have of a spear was

used against Christ

and do we know who used it

as incredible as it may seem the holy

lands has become sacred the spear is now

a major religion

why has this instrument of death evolved

into one of the most important relics in

Christendom

the relics of The Passion of Christ are

incredibly rare which makes them the

most valuable thing

we'll go in search of the Holy lands

following its extraordinary Journey

coveted and owned by some of the world's

most powerful people Charlemagne

St Louis

Napoleon and Hitler

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we will travel to Vienna Jerusalem Paris

and the Vatican

on our journey we'll see how the very

subject of the Holy lands is

controversial some even dispute its

existence

we have no idea if there was a lens and

if there was a lens we have no idea

where it is

and other think that the relics of the

passion including the holy lands are

real we know that they are still there

but we do not show them anymore

will disentangle fact from the fiction

investigating one of the great Legends

of Christendom

The Mystery of the Holy lands

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the story of the Holy lands began over

2000 years ago

Jesus of Nazareth died on the cross

according to the gospels a Roman soldier

grabbed his Spear and pierced Christ's

side his weapon later called the lands

of Destiny became a vital relic of the

passion sacred because it came into

direct contact with Christ

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ancient texts and even songs evoke the

holy lands throughout the centuries it

is said to have passed into the hands of

famous historical people but what is it

question 733

Charles Martel is said to own it when he

crushed the Muslim Army

at the beginning of the 9th century the

lands passed into the hands of

Charlemagne he fights 47 Victorious

battles with it at his side

in the 13th century Louis IX known as

Saint Louis bought the holy lands from

the Emperor of Constantinople bringing

it back to Paris

it then stays in Central Europe for 700

years

1938 as the second world war approached

Adolf Hitler seized it taking it to

Nuremberg

The Treasure of the Austrian Empire is

part of the large-scale Looting of

European Arts

after the war the lands of Destiny is

found in a vault hidden by Hitler

in 1946 the American government returned

it to the austrians

today the Lance is thought to be in

Vienna

but the story of this spear is not quite

so simple

why was this Relic so desired the object

has a power as such and firstly gives

its possessor an aura and secondly a

significant spiritual and temporal power

symbol of power and righteousness it's

you to understand why the holy lands was

the object of desires

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but how did this spear even first appear

and why was it used against Jesus Christ

what is the true story of the Holy lands

to find out we must Trace its Journey

back through time to the origins of

Christendom itself

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for the Roman authorities Jesus was a

troublemaker

makes nothing my father's house and

House of merchandise

leaders Jesus questioned everything

the situation was no longer tolerable

kaifas the high priest of Jerusalem had

him arrested

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they decided to deliver Jesus to the

Romans as his crucifixion nears so does

the appearance of the Holy lands but

when was the Christ's passion

the era of Christ corresponds to the

reign of Emperor Tiberius the

crucifixion dates to about the year 30.

and while it is not totally certain to

the time when Pontius Pilate was

governor of Judea

according to the gospels Pontius bilati

was forced to condemn Jesus under

pressure from the Jewish authorities and

the crowd I do that with Jesus who in

her shall be released

crucify you

the sentence was crucifixion

is to undergo a no deal at the hands of

the Romans it's the crucifixion

victim to some wood then leave him there

to suffer sometimes for several days at

the entrance of the city so that all the

enemies of the Empire can see what

awaits them should they have The

Misfortune to revolt against Romans

Jesus had to carry his own cross to a

hill outside Jerusalem a place called

Golgotha the place of the skull

in the four canonical gospels attributed

to Matthew Mark Luke and John one can

read the story of the crucifixion

but only in the Gospel of John does the

holy lands take Center Stage

one of the soldiers thrusts a spear into

his side and immediately blood and water

spouts out

in the 4th Century a book speaks of the

Centurion and the spear called The

Gospel of Nicodemus

the gospel isn't well known but it is

nevertheless of great importance

as it has been quoted in nearly 400

manuscripts medieval encyclopedias

historical Chronicles and sermons

this is the first time the Centurion is

named

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soldiers crowned him with thorns he was

flogged and he received pilate's

sentence he was crucified at the place

of the skull with tooth

tooth he was made to drink sour wine

mixed with Goal before Saint longinus

the soldier pierced his side with his

spear

but beyond the gospel

what really happened during a

crucifixion

what were the rituals

is the use of a spear plausible and was

it part of the punishment

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the weapon that was used during Christ's

passion was simply used to check if the

crucified were still alive or not it was

not a gratuitous Act of Cruelty on the

contrary I would dare say it was almost

humane

where Christ was concerned this gesture

was useless because he was already dead

but there is also a medical explanation

it does involve also the uh Rising

liquids in the chest area so that

piercing or that alleged piercing may

have been there to release this pressure

in the chest I

this would make explain the description

in the gospel

the soldiers thrust the spear into his

side and immediately blood and water

spouts out

crucifixion a cruel torture from the

beginning of our era

during the passion Jesus Christ endured

this torment without suffering all the

violations reserved for the crucified

nevertheless his side was pierced by a

lance in vain as Christ was already dead

this spear then became a holy Relic

longinus the soldier held it and that

day his Destiny changed

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continues in search of the Holy lands

the spear that pierced Christ's side

longinus was a soldier who held it in

his hands that day

the word lands used in Greek well it's

and so suddenly we say look the name

given to this Soldier is a name that

derives from the word lands and in the

Christian tradition that's probably

where his name comes from so we'll all

come him Longines

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the Christian tradition also says that

when half-blind longinus pierced

Christ's side he was covered in blood

and water and his sight was instantly

recovered

but could a Roman soldier have been

half-blind

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there was a miracle it was that the

semi-blind man recovered his sight

but we must see this as a symbolic

blindness

so he has a sort of Revelation it's in

this sense that there is a miracle that

is far more important than that of

recovering his sights

after the crucifixion longinus mission

was to protect the body of Christ

allowing no one to touch it

but after attending the resurrection of

Christ longinus became a different man

he changed his life gave up his weapons

and converted in our own lucky we were

told that he's going to get producer

that he decides to leave as anemic but

he's persecuted for his faith

he was arrested and forced to renounce

his God but he refused and was beheaded

becoming a martyr

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story of longinus has been told

throughout the ages

we even canonized him so he's called sin

longinus and in the west the Roman

Catholic Church grants him a very

important status perhaps precisely

because he's a Roman

and we are of course in Rome

in the Vatican in Rome we will not

hesitate to erect a large statue which

will reach an incredible stature in

Christianity especially in the West

and what stronger a symbol of

Christendom than the Vatican in the 17th

century in Saint Peter's Basilica

Bernini created niches displaying huge

statues for the exhibition of holy

relics among which is Saint longinus

spear

here we clearly see the importance that

the church Accords to Saint longinus

the soldier who became Saint longinus

and his Lance are anchored in the

history of the Christian religion from

the gospels to the present day

Jesus made sacred the object longinus

held in his hands on the day of the

crucifixion

now that we have seen the importance of

Saint longinus and the holy lands in

history let's go in search of this

mysterious Relic

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what has become the Spear of the

illustrious logic where is it today

our Quest brings us to Austria

to where the holy lands is believed to

be

museum of art history in Vienna

we meet the person who watches over

this is the holy lands of Vienna

it is part of the Imperial jewels of the

Holy Roman Empire

the Lance which is here in Vienna has

been revered for centuries as a very

important relics

that struck the body of Christ

this is confirmed on the gold sleeve

here on the spear which Bears the

inscription Lancia dominate it is the

Lance of Christ

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the spear has traveled an incredibly

long way to reach us

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in 1946 The Holy Lance was returned to

the austrians by the monument men

the monument men were 350 committed

Americans curators and historians

dedicated to the safeguarding of Art

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they discovered Imperial jewels in

August 1945 in a maze of underground

galleries north of Nuremberg hidden

there by Adolf Hitler

for three days after the onslus the

annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany on

March 12 1938 Hitler had brought back

this treasure from Vienna

at the beginning of the 19th century

would Napoleon Waging War across Europe

and his troops approaching the German

city of Nuremberg the prussians decided

to transfer the holy lands to their

Austrian Neighbors in Vienna that they

still believe in the mystical powers of

the Holy lands or was it simply not

desirable for Bonaparte to possess this

symbol of power

history does not give us the exact

answer

on the other hand we know that a simple

messenger alone brought the spear to

Vienna

after his victories against the Austrian

Empire Napoleon could have brought it

back to Paris but strangely he didn't

if we go back in time to the 13th

century the Vatican designates this

spear as an official relic of the Holy

Roman Empire

the holy lands of Vienna has definitely

belonged to many powerful characters in

ancient texts like the song of Roland in

the 11th century speak about it

Charlemagne by the grace of God has

obtained the tip and has it enshrined in

the golden pommel because of this honor

and Grace the sword received the name

joyful

Legend has it that between the 8th and

9th centuries Charlemagne won 47 battles

thanks to the holy lands

a holy Lance is also believed to have

secured the foundations of the college

and Dynasty because it is said that

Charles Martel had it in his possession

against the Muslims in quachi in the

Years 733.

thank you

previously where was it well the story

of the Holy lands of Vienna ends here in

the 8th century

can we be so sure

it has been studied in the laboratory

dated and appraised by scientists its

Constitution leaves us in no doubt it

does not date from the first century

the goat's Thief found here in the

window and bear in the inscription

Lancia dominate refers to the emperor

Charles IV

and therefore dates from the mid-14th

century

under the gold leaf is another sheet of

precious metal that dates back to the

11th century a sheet of silver

and under the Silver Leaf is a very

traditional spear

s despair is made of iron and was most

likely manufactured in the 8th Century

A.D frugal

in view of the results scientists and

Specialists are in agreement

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the profile of the spirit itself looks

more like the much later Carl engine

Spears rather than the Roman ones so all

this unfortunately does not coincide

very well with the scenario According to

which this fear is be said to be

authentic

the holy lands of Vienna was forged

around the year 700 then embellished

with silver in the 11th century and gold

in the 14th century however it is not

the lands of Saint longinus the spirit

that pierced Christ's side

thank you

trace the true holy lands our

investigation continues

we return to the land of its origin

Jerusalem

a Christian Relic which is imbued with

magical virtues an instrument of power

and greed that was once owned by famous

historical characters and yet the Spear

of the Holy Roman Empire was not the

Spear of Destiny

so if the lands from Vienna is not the

spear which pierced the sight of Christ

where is the true holy lands

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find the holy lands we head to Jerusalem

to mount Golgotha the place of the skull

this is where Jesus is believed to have

been crucified and where the Spear of

Destiny was used

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is also the location of Christ's tomb it

is protected by the Church of the Holy

Sepulcher

in the first centuries after Christ's

death golgota became a sacred place of

pilgrimage

already around 170 A.D we find

testimonies of Christian pilgrimages

notably an Asian Bishop melaton of

Sardis from what is now modern day

Turkey

he says he will go to Palestine

to see the place where the sacred events

unfolded but it wasn't until long after

the crucifixion that pilgrims sought out

the places of the passion and Relics

like the holy lands

since the fourth Century we started

looking for holy sites we built churches

on the different places where Christ

saved where he preached The Sermon on

the Mount where he multiplied the loaves

where in Jerusalem he followed the way

of the Cross well Golgotha is it is in

the fourth Century that we began to

formalize Christianity

with Constantine the Holy Land Jerusalem

becomes a place of Christian remembrance

Lane the mother of the Roman Empire

Constantine and great support of

Christianity is said to have organized

the first restoration of the Holy sides

by visiting them between 326 and 328 A.D

and fighting the holy lands and the

other relics of the passion lame

strengthened Jerusalem as a leading

pilgrimage site

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but in 614 A.D the lunch leaves

Jerusalem because like the other relics

of the passion it needed to be protected

we learned that it goes to

Constantinople because Jerusalem is

taken at that time by the Persians the

Persians staked Jerusalem and so

suddenly we need to remove a certain

number of objects including the relics

it was at this moment that the spear

would left Jerusalem and would have gone

to constitute

Constantinople at the time Bears this

name because it is Constantine the

emperor Constantine who converted to

Christianity in the 4th Century so the

city of Constantinople was at the time a

sort of world capital of Christianity

that's where the spear stays for several

centuries

the holy lands is brought to

Constantinople known today as Istanbul

where it will stay for 600 years

in 1204 the Crusaders besieged and

ransacked Constantinople

miraculously the land seems to have

escaped their clutches

a few years later in 1241 Louis IX who

is better known as Saint Louis takes the

holy lands from the Emperor of

Constantinople Boudoir II and brought it

to Paris

yes the holy mat was brought back to

Paris

but why would Buddha II let go of such a

treasure

he Parts with it because he is stuck in

Wars he cannot get out of he simply

needs to raise new armies and he needs

money he will speak to Saint Louis and

tell him to go buy them and keep them in

a deserving place

as for Saint Louis what was his interest

in acquiring these relics

Louis was interested in these relics for

several reasons indeed this fact must be

placed in the context of the Middle Ages

where the relics of Christ's passion are

unheard of that is what gives them the

most value but the spiritual value is

even more important for Saint Louis who

wants to establish France's position in

Western Christian Europe France has

arrived at an important point in its

development with two hundred thousand

inhabitants Paris is one of the most

populated cities in Europe there is in

University there is an important

economic Center but there is still

something missing in Paris

St Louis had one ambition to give Paris

spiritual Grandeur an indisputable

recognition

Saint Louis buys the relics from bodwan

II he buys them in two lots initially in

1239 he will buy the crown of thorns and

then two years later he buys a fairly

considerable set of relics

in the second lot we find the wood of

the Holy Cross a nail of the crucifixion

and the holy lands

larive

the arrival of the relics the great

relics in Paris this rather astonishing

set that was bought by Louis the 9th

from Baldwin II and that Buddha II

certifies in a charter in 12047 is

absolutely extraordinary and really

turns Paris into the Western city with

the most relics

which was the foremost holder of relics

before this transfer takes place is

completely overtaken

but this Prestige this New Aura for

France comes at an exorbitant price

thank you

he spends 135 000 pounds to acquire

these relics which is half of the state

budget

above all what is important is that this

amount is higher than the construction

costs of the Sanchez

San Chapel cost 40 000 pounds that's

three times less than the 135 000 pounds

spent on the relics it houses

so it is a very considerable sum and I

believe that one can measure through

this sum the value of the relics to the

man in the Middle Ages

so what did the holy lands really look

like when it arrived in Paris we

searched for evidence in ancient

archives incredibly we found it

among the israelics of the San Chapel

there was the Holy lands the holy lands

or more precisely a fragment of it A

Relic is never the whole item it's a

small part it's not an object that was

spectacular in itself

so it was necessary to make it

spectacular

that's why this small fragment was

installed in a cross

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a fragment was too small to be displayed

as it was so it was enshrined in the

center of this cross

this cross was then placed in a great

reliquary with many of Saint Louis's

other Acquisitions it was then set at

the very top of this platform dominating

the faithful

the holy Chapel was really built to

house these relics and then it kept them

for an extremely long time

so the sacred Lance has been preserved

here for a long time

550 years punctuated by great ceremonies

the kings of course attend and also

celebrate extraordinary occasions for

special characters in order to make them

enjoy the virtues of the relics

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men's stayed in Paris until French

Revolution where it was taken with other

relics to the National Library

unfortunately during this period it was

lost without the trace

we also lose all trace of the lands of

Jerusalem

a Vienna Alliance that turns out to be

old but not old enough to be from the

crucifixion of Christ a spear of

Jerusalem that vanishes in the chaos of

the French Revolution

but where is the holy lands now do we

have any other leads

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the Spear of Destiny is no longer in

Jerusalem has disappeared from Paris and

the Spear of Vienna does not date from

the first century we still have some

ways of finding the holy lands which is

said to have pierced the flank of Jesus

Christ because we know several others

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ones in Krakow Poland

and Armenia and even lances in Izmir and

ancho in Turkey

if we inquire we realize that there are

Spears in Armenia and in Poland it seems

that everyone everywhere wants to stake

a claim saying I own the spear

even today there are several places in

the world in which Holy Spirit are

preserved

they are numerous but among the most

notable is a spear in Krakow Poland

it can be found in the treasure room of

the vaval cathedral a symbol of Polish

royal power but it dates from the 10th

Century

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indeed the Holy Spirit kept in Krakow is

definitely only a replica of the Lance

of Vienna Davina

in Armenia the holy lands of edgemian is

still displayed in this country's

religious capital in a wing of the

cathedral it has never been a weapon but

it is rather the tip of an enzyme from

the Byzantine period in the form of a

perforated rhombus of a great cross

as for that

in Armenia we can also exclude it

because the shape of this Relic is very

different from that of the Roman arms

and Spears of the Roman soldiers at the

time of Christ

in Turkey two other so-called holy

Spears are enthroned in the anchov and

Izmir but no historian today supports

the hypothesis that it may be the spear

from the crucifixion of Christ

if none of these is the true Spear of

Destiny where do all these Spears come

from

these are not Roman Spears I think I can

even go as far to say that they are not

real Spears at all they are ceremonial

objects that were made by people who had

no intention whatsoever of producing

weapons that can be used in combat

State objects but do we know what the

real Spear of Destiny looks like

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we see

here in this reproduction we see a

Horseman holding a spear which is

probably the weapon that longitus the

soldier who was at the foot of Christ's

cross probably has

it is an extremely simple weapon which

has a long wooden handle with a very

thin iron tip intended to thrust as

deeply as possible into the body of an

enemies

as this document shows we see a Horseman

who uses it as a throwing weapon

however it was also used indeed more

frequently by foot soldiers held by hand

or with both hands to stab the enemy and

kill him

in conclusion

the lances of Armenia turkey or Poland

aren't genuine

the real holy lands is not among them

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disperfusion of Spears is amazing to say

the least how can we explain it

the answer lies in how the relics were

moved

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the great relics of the passion have

moved from Jerusalem to Constantinople

and then the Crusades encouraged and

even developed this transfer to further

west

after 2004 and the terrible ransacking

of Constantinople we start seeing many

things moving to the westino

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as the relics are of increasing

importance in the religious world and

among Believers everyone wants to

possess or worship A Relic

so they are fragmented

everyone wanted a relic so we

dismembered the holy bodies pieces of

the wood of the Cross there are several

of them pieces of different materials

which make up the relics there can also

be several of these

so there are fewer space than pieces of

the Cross of Christ or pieces of shins

so we obviously have a lot fewer relics

from that point of view I do not think

it's the real problem when we refer to

the multiplicity of Spears I think

moreover that is due to the fact that in

different places of Christianity in the

east in the west one feels the need at a

given moment to have strong relics

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but we must also ask ourselves the

following question why did the faithful

want to own a relic like the holy lands

its own right and gives its possessor an

aura at first and an important spiritual

and temporal power

I think that's actually what is

sometimes a bit difficult for our 21st

century world to understand

the need for relics was such that it was

impossible to cope with the growing

demand so people had to find ways of

multiplying them

since we did not have enough relics in

the end we had to create them for

instance placing a small rag a small

piece of material on the end of a stick

a rod which one touches Against The

Relic and in turn becomes a contact

Relic which we can put in a really query

a contact Relic has pretty much the same

meaning as an authentic Relic

in the Middle Ages mentalities were very

different from those of today

it was possible to convey the power and

the meaning of a relic an object became

holy merely by coming into contact with

a real Relic

because it was possible to transmit the

this power our holy lamps of Vienna

alone would have allowed the creation of

15 other lances

at the time this was not a problem

once the contact had been made all these

lances were considered in turn to be

authentic

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tense period for trading relics was the

Middle Ages during this period theft was

not uncommon

the relics are the subject not only of a

trade but even a theft and this thieving

was allowed because it was the proper

thing to do

the theft of relics was no problem on

the contrary an object stolen from an

official Place such as a church somehow

certified its authenticity

but there was a fine line between theft

and trafficking fakes a line which at

the time was blatantly crossed

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everyone knows quite well that we have

four little fingers of one Saint five

skulls of another so there are a number

of these relics that are obviously

we talked about the problem of really

trafficking saying nonetheless that at

one time there were a lot of relics

circulating so we trade them we sell

them and we can also ask ourselves if

the lens was not a victim of this trade

victim

of course the traffic was motivated by

the power conferred by the relics their

spiritual power but the market value of

the object cannot be excluded

one of the reasons we kept all this was

the quality of reliquary work all these

relics were in early queries the Israeli

queries were made of precious materials

precious stones precious metals a

treasure it was also a cash Reserve

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and a relic placed in a public place

generated regular income

yeah

there are purely material reasons indeed

when you have relics you have a place of

pilgrimage

that is to say you attract people people

who come

people who spend money

but what did the church say

it seems that all this was happening

literally with its blessing

but some people did try to stop these

practices around the 4th Century Saint

Augustine was reproaching this trade

with vagrant monks and the debates were

Lively in the Middle Ages

this was the subject of much debate

especially

in the 12th century the debate was

centered on the fact that we had to be

sure of the reality the veracity of

these relics

Vienna lands in the 8th century was

named the lands of Saint Maurice by the

first Carol engines

Saint Maurice a fighter of The Faith

from the end of a third Century who

would have had in his hands the lands of

Christ

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among the holy Warriors we have a major

role for all Western kingdoms you will

have San Jose and

the holy lands of samoris was carried

like a standard in front of the

emperor's procession

the people of the Middle Ages allow the

lands of Vienna to change its name

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was for everyone the Lance of Saint

Maurice

but covered with a gold sleeve in the

14th century it was renamed the Lance of

Christ

and people at that time had no Scruples

and did not see where the problem of

turning the Lance of Saint Maurice into

San longines's Lance was

to understand the mind and mentality in

these days we did not question its

authenticity no it was real it was of

course it was yeah sure

the real problem with Central engineers

and Relics in general is not so much

whether they are genuine because

unfortunately quite often today thanks

to Modern scientific methods We Carry

Out tests most of the time we realize

that in most cases they are not

authentic or we cannot prove that they

are so finally we can never use them as

proof

we have understood that thought

processes in the Middle Ages were very

different from Mars today in the 21st

century we see things very differently

but does the Spear of Destiny still

exist

to find out we need to continue our

investigations

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real or fake relics numerous Spears of

Destiny from Vienna to Krakow via

edgemead Izmir or Antioch all historians

agree

even if these objects are respected and

even worshiped the lands of Saint

longinus the spear that pierced the

sight of Jesus Christ is not among them

but we have one more Lance to examine

the holy lands of Rome

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we are nearing the end of our journey in

search of the Holy lands

we saw that the lances of ant joke usmir

it's meijin and Krakow were not genuine

we surveyed Jerusalem Vienna and Paris

where its Trace was lost

so we arrive here in Rome

because the holy lands has been here

since the 15th century but how did it

get here

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relics of the passion leave Jerusalem in

the 7th century

and that would be the time when the

lands left Jerusalem and went to

Constantinople

in the 13th century Saint Louis paid the

Emperor of Constantinople for the holy

lands

for the acquisition of these relics

which is half of the state budget

but surprisingly in the 14th century the

holy lands is still said to be in

Constantinople how is this possible

in the 14th century for example some

observers said I saw the lens both in

Paris in Constantinople so there are

solutions to try to explain the fact

that there are several lenses in

different places one solution was to say

in fact that it's the same spear but

that these are pieces of the spirit I

find it interesting because precisely

the word used in the gospel to designate

the world length is a word that can

simply designate the tip of the spirit

so we can all imagine that we would have

in one particular place a piece of

Despair and in another place a different

piece in fact it's the same spear but

it's just two pieces of the same space

indeed this hypothesis is confirmed by a

number of historians the whole events of

Jerusalem was broken up in the 7th

Century during the siege of the city by

the Persians

the tip of the lens was brought to

constant to Nobu then bought by Saint

Louis in the 13th century only to

disappear during the French Revolution

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the other part of the Lance also brought

the Constantinople had a very different

destiny

1453 is a pivotal date in the history of

Constantinople the Turks will concur

Constantinople they say their leaks

including the lens

the Sultan of constant Noble dies in

1481 and his two sons bajate and zizim

quarrel over power

prevails over zizim who goes into exile

zizim eventually falls into the hands of

the French

and still today we have found traces in

the crew's region

his day is still materialized by the

presence of the Zim Tower which is

located in bulgenes

the fact that this is held in France is

a rather good deal for his brother said

the master of Constantinople

is quite happy with the deal in this

geopolitics that is established he pays

a pension so that his brother does not

return to intervene in the Ottoman

Empire again

as long as ism is kept away from

constant Noble there is little risk of a

war between the two brothers but an

unforeseen event will change the game

and have a major influence on the

destiny of the Holy lands

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King Charles VII of France delivers is

in to Pope Innocent the eighth in Rome

's anxious to see his brother kept in

Rome and away from Constantinople so he

offers to pay the Pope a great sum of

money and an even greater highly

symbolic object

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will transmit the holy lands to innocent

the eighth

so the holy lands changed his hands and

travels to Rome and the Heart of

Christendom the Basilica of Saint Peter

the Basilica will house the four most

important relics of the church in four

huge galleries

these are relics that have a great

history the Veronica with the Statue of

the woman who according to tradition

wiped the face of Jesus on the way to

Calvary and more peace of the True Cross

the head of Saint Andrew and also sent

longinus's lands

longinos

in the 18th century it is said that Pope

Benedict XIV even commented on this

drawing with the two pieces of the Holy

lands that of Paris and that of Rome and

confirmed that they corresponded

perfectly

still had doubts about the importance of

the Holy lands for the Catholic church

we find still in the heart of the Saint

Peter's Basilica in Rome this statue of

Pope Innocent VII and in his hand the

lands of Destiny as for the fragment of

the Holy lands of Rome

where could it be today

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it's kept in Saint Peter's you know they

haven't moved it

but there is a difference

they're not exhibited in ceremonies

celebrations or even on certain

occasions on which they were shown to

the faithful previously

now we know that they're still there

we don't show them anymore

thank you

the last holy lands could therefore be

there in the archives of the Vatican

still temporarily Out Of Reach

we hope that one day we will be able to

observe it and finally lift the veil on

one of the greatest mysteries of

Christians

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the holy lands an object who Smith grew

at the same time as the legend of its

Bearer the Roman soldiers Saint longinus

canonized and now a Nikon of Christendom

an object of covetousness an object of

power and recognition that has gone

through history

a spear that like many relics has

exercised and still exercises real power

over men

it is true that the relics supported the

prayer and the faith of generations of

believers

The Relic has the advantage of being

able to gather together the faithful the

Believers around the strong identifying

symbol and so it is obvious that for

religious and political power it is very

important to be able to unite Believers

around an item as a major as a relic

such as the holy things

oh

but what is the truth behind the

veneration of the relics

in the hearts of men the relics play the

mediating role between Mankind and God

relics are also linked to our own

history

he who has no past has no future

the holy glances we have examined are

visible symbols of the history of

humanity

man often needs tangible signs to gain

in spirituality

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