St. Stephen's Purse

Saint Stephen's Purse (Latin: Sacculum idem Sanctus Stephanus, German: St. Stephen's Geldbörse) is a rectangular gold 9th century reliquary studded with gem stones that is part of the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire. It consists of a purse containing soil that is claimed to be soaked with the blood of St. Stephen.^[1] It is held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Austria.^[2]

References[]

^ Johannes Fried (2016-10-10). Charlemagne. Harvard University Press. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-674-97341-1.
^ Rudolf Distelberger; Manfred Leithe-Jasper (1998). Vienna, the Kunsthistorische Museum. Scala. ISBN 978-1-85759-125-5.

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[1] Johannes Fried (2016-10-10). Charlemagne. Harvard University Press. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-674-97341-1.

[2] Rudolf Distelberger; Manfred Leithe-Jasper (1998). Vienna, the Kunsthistorische Museum. Scala. ISBN 978-1-85759-125-5.

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