A Short History of the Middle Ages Fourth Edition

Plate 1.11: Reliquary of Theuderic (late 7th cent.). Shaped like a miniature sarcophagus, this reliquary is
inscribed on the back, “Theuderic the priest had this made in honor of Saint Maurice.” Paying for the
creation of a reliquary—suitable housing for the remains of the saints—was itself an act of piety. Theuderic
gave this one to the monastery of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune.