TPE HOLY COAT OF TREVES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2242, 18 August 1891, Page 3

TPE HOLY COAT OF TREVES.

The following will explain and render interesting the cablegrams that have lately been received on this subject:— In 1814: a centenary jubilee was held at Treves under the direction of Archbishop Arnold!, when the Holy Coat was exhibited to the faithful. On that occasion so great was the influx of visitors that it was found impossible to lodge them. “By the first dawn they took up their post by the cathedral doors, and long before these were opened a line of many hundreds was added. Sometimes the line was more than a mile in length, and few persons could reach the high altar where the Coat was hung in less then three hours. The heat, dust, and fatigue were too mu"h for many, who fainted by the way ; yet" hour after hour a dense tWong passed round the interior of the cathedral, made their oblation, and retired,” As many of our readers will be aware, the Holy Coat is reputed to be that worn by the Saviour at his execution, md for which the soldiers cast lots. It has been described as follows :~ “ The Coat is a loose garment with wide sleeves, very simple in form, of coarse material, dark brown in color, probably the result of its age, and entirely without seam or decoration. It measures from the extremity of each sleeve flft oin; the length from the collar to the lowermost, edge being oft 2in. In parts it is tender, or threadbare ; and some few stains upon it are. reputed to be those of the Redeemer’s blood.” Treves is one of the oldest—perhaps the oldest—cities in Germany, situated on the right bank of the Moselle. Over the river there is an ancient Roman bridge, 690 feet long; and the city is remarkably rich in Roman remains. The more modern part of the city is walled, and the ordinary occupations of the people are prosaic enough—the 'manufacture of cloth, carpets, hats, porcleian, soap, leather, glue, tobacco, and various other industries. Treves was the home of St Ambrose and the school of St. Jerome. /Its remarkable building is the irregularly built cathedral, wherein are numerous rich altars and a wonderful marble gallery. The Holy Coat was the gift of the mother of Constantine the Great, the Empress Helena. The coat was periodically displayed in the Middle Ages,; though but seldom—once in a century according to one statement. — Exchange.