Visé - Shrine of Saint Hadelinus

The shrine of Saint Hadelinus, which contains the remains of the priest who preached by the Meuse in the 17th C., is the finest reliquary shrine in the Mosan area. Its gabled ends probably date from the 10th C.; one shows Christ crowning saints Remaclus and Hadelinus, the other an exceptionally rare representation of Christ as the vanquisher of death and the devil. On the sides, which date from 1150, are scenes from the life of Hadelinus and in their execution these are reminiscent of works by Renier de Huy. On the third Sunday in September the shrine is borne in procession through the town.