Reliquary of St. Cordula

The early medieval reliquary was made at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries in the so-called Mammen style by southern Swedish craftsmen associated with the trade and craft center in Lund. It took the form of an oval casket and was made from 22 moose antler plates, decorated with reliefs featuring plant and zoomorphic ornaments.

The plates were joined by gilded copper tape, with dragon head figures mounted at the joints. The casket had six bronze legs, and its base was made of oak.

It is unknown how it arrived in Kamień. According to various theories, it could have been a gift from the bishops of Danish Lund, a gift from Duke Racibor I, acquired during a military expedition in 1136, or even brought to Pomerania with the Christianization mission of Bishop Otto of Bamberg. It was documented in the cathedral treasury only from the 15th century. The reliquary contained the skull of St. Cordula, a Christian martyr from the 6th century.

At the end of 1944, fearing the approaching front, the reliquary was hidden along with other parts of the cathedral treasury in the estate of Count Hasso von Fleming in Benice. On the night of March 4-5, 1945, the chests with treasures were hastily moved deeper into Germany in response to the advancing Soviet forces. The further fate of the artifact remains unknown.

A replica of the reliquary, considered the most valuable object in the cathedral treasury collection, was donated to the parish by former German residents of Kamień Pomorski.