Up the road in Troy is St. Anthony's Chapel, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, the Wonder Worker and patron saint of artists. I had no idea how big of a deal it was until I went to check it out on Saturday. Once I got inside, all of the Theology and Art History classes started coming back. Sadly I missed the tour, but was able to piece things together once I got home thanks to the interwebs.
Not only does the Chapel have a tooth from St. Anthony, it also contains 5,000 different religious relics (the largest of any public collection). Some of the more special items include a piece of the True Cross and a piece of the table from the Last Supper. All of the relics have been authenticated by the Church; each was brought from Europe by the churches founder and benefactor, Father Mollinger.
The chapel came complete with a life size version of the Stations of the Cross, which were imported from Munich and made by the Royal Ecclesiastical Art Establishment of Mayer and Company.
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