to Liege. LIEGE. Route 22. 301

by J. G. Delcour commemorating the institution of the festival of
Corpus Christi, first celebrated here in 1246.through the instru-
mentality of B. Juliana, a nun of Cornillon, and the B. Eva, a
recluse who lived close to this church; the festival was made uni-

| versal in 1264 by Pope Urban IV, who had been Archdeacon of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liege. In the Sacristy is a fine antependium, partly of XI,
pattly of XV and partly of XVI cent. The Tower is well worth
ascending, the view from its sammit being very fine.

The Cuurca or tac Hony Gross, S. Croix, seated on an emi-
nence, was originally a strong castle built in 713 by a knight of
the family of Des Prez, one of whose descendants, named Radus,
having become very powerful and dangerous to the public peace,
was sent by Bp. Notger in 979 on an honorable mission to Ger-
many; during his absence the Bp. converted his castle into a
church; the knight on his return looked in vain for his castle, but
was satisfied on receiving as an indemnity other lands, which
however were ata safer distance from the town. Bp. Notger
founded 15 canonries here, and his nephew, Bp. Wason, 15 more.
At the W. end of the nave isa semi-circular apse and an elegant
oclagonal tower of brick somewhat Moorish in appearance, it was
erected c. 1175; the remainder of the church, a 3 aisled Duilding
with pentagonal apse to chancel is 2nd pointed and measures
460 ft. in length; the vaulting of the aisles is higher than that of
the nave. The entire building has been carefully restored hy
M. Delsaux; the gurgoyles have had tin pipes fitted to their
mouths which present a ludicrous appearance; the carving,
executed by M. Halleux, is remarkably good; the Stations of
the Cross in tbe N. and §. Chapels are particularly worthy of
notice : the vaulting of the nave is painted with arabesques, the
design of which is poor and the colouring gaudy. The windows
of the apse are filled with stained glass repr. scenes from the his-
tory of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 1834, partly executed by
M. Kellner of Munich and partly by J. B. Capronnier, the latter
being by fur the best. Over the altar of the S. chapel is a paint-
ing repr. the Invention of the Cross by B. Flemalle; the walls
and vaulting of one of the chapels in the S. aisle are ornamented
with paintings in distemper discovered beneath the whitewash.
‘In the Sacristy isasplendid reliquary of XI cent. in the form ofa
Tr. of copper gilt and enamelled; the shutters are ornamented.

with demifigures of the Apostles in relief while in the centre are 2

angels supporting the relic of the Holy Cross beneath which is a

tooth of S. Vincent and a repr. of the Resurrection in relief; whilst
on the crowning-piece of the Tr. isa figure of Christ surrounded
by fine enamels : here is also kept the key given by the Pope
to S. Hubert; it contains a fragment of the chain of S. Peter. In