Since Sunday 10th May, the Gendarmes has been investigating the theft of the Relic of Anthony the Great from the church of Saint-Anthony in Gers. The Relic is from the 15th century and is a silver-plated copper reliquary that represents the arm of Saint Anthony, which also contains the ossicles of a finger of the Saint.
Theft Of a Relic at Saint-Antoine in Gers
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- France
- Place
- Gers
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Theft
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Church
- Place of Incident
- Church
- Bias Indicators
- Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Reported to Police
- Yes
- Response of Local Authorities
- Investigated