Arrived in France of the treasure of Saint Louis today Relics of the Holy Chapel; composed of the crown of thorns of Christ; a fragment of the True Cross; the spear and sponge of the Passion; relics of the Virgin and the Mandylion; supposedly image of Christ (King Saint Louis of France with the Relics of Sainte-Chapelle (Saint Louis treasure) Saint Louis (King Louis IX) built Sainte-Chapelle in the 13th century to house the Holy Crown; a fragment of the True Cross and other relics he had acquired from Baldwin II of Constantinople) Engraving from Les rues-de-paris??by Pierre Zaccone; 1859