Because Yue Se of Arimathea was a disciple of Christ, he was imprisoned by the Romans shortly after the martyrdom of Christ. He is believed to have preserved the Holy Grail, and took it through Rome to the south of France, where he lived in languedoc for a period of time with Mary Magdalene and other believers. It is said that he (probably with Christ himself), many people believe that Christ did not die on the cross, so the author added this speculation. ) went to England and settled in Glastonbury in the south of England for life. The first Christian church in England was built here, and the ruins of the monastery can still be seen today. The Holy Grail may be hidden here. Since then, it has disappeared, which has become the starting point for King Arthur and his knights to embark on a journey to find the Holy Grail.
It is believed that the Holy Grail stayed in Italy for 300 years and was originally kept by Father Saint Lawrence, the deacon of the Holy See. It is said that at the end of the 3rd century AD, he sent two Spanish legions to send it back to his hometown of Uesca in the Pyrenees. His ending was tragic-his good friend Pope Sixtus II. One of the early martyrs of the Roman Christian Church was killed by the Roman emperor Varelli. The date quoted by the author of this book is a rumor that the martyrdom day of Pope Sikstus should be in 258 AD. A few days after his execution, he was also roasted to death on the iron grill. The Holy Grail was kept in the old church of San Pietro until 7 1 1. There are some patterns in the Romanesque corridor of the church that suggest the existence of the Holy Grail. Among them, an angel handed Jesus a glass.
Volfram von Eschenbach, who died in 1230, is generally regarded as the most outstanding German narrative poet in the Middle Ages. One of his major works is percival, which later became the theme of Richard Wagner's opera. One of the main sources of materials he used was Ms. An's works, combined with other materials provided by Chiot in Provence Province. Chiot's narrative is mainly based on his experiences in Spain, where Muslims and Jewish philosophers lived, and the city of Toledo, which was the scientific and cultural center at that time. Wolfram insisted that the Holy Grail is a spiritual stone similar to a cornucopia, which can provide endless food and eternal youth.
The final resting place of the Holy Grail (we can still see it there until now) is the chapel attached to Lancia Cathedral in Spain. Although the Roman Catholic Church never regarded it as a sacred object, they admitted that it was the cup blessed by Christ at the last supper, and it was used by the popes before St. Lawrence sent it to Spain. The holy grail is now kept in bulletproof glass. 1437 March 18, Navarra, a kingdom formed in the southwest of the Pyrenees in the 9th century. The flourishing period is11-12nd century. Through marriage, this family once occupied the thrones of Gastier, Aragon, Lyon and other countries, and gained the right to rule France in the13rd century. /kloc-At the beginning of the 6th century, the south was occupied by the Spanish kingdom, and the west was annexed because Henry III of Navarra became Henry IV of France. The king sent someone to send the Holy Grail to the Catholic Cathedral in Lancia, and then only moved to other places briefly for security reasons during the anti-French War of Independence and the Spanish Civil War.
The pure gold base of the Holy Grail is set with 28 pearls, 2 rubies and 2 emeralds. Its cup is 5.5 cm high, 9.5 cm in diameter and 3 mm in wall thickness. Including the base, the cup is 17cm high and 14.5cm wide. Antonio beltran, an outstanding archaeologist, said that the Holy Grail we saw today was made in the monastery of San Juan in Oena, probably by a goldsmith from Byzantium. The upper part of the Holy Grail was originally made in the Near East, either Alexandria in Egypt or Antioch in Syria. Beltran said that there is no doubt that the Holy Grail was created between the second half of the last century BC and the first half of the first century AD. This period happened to be the life of Jesus Christ.
Antonio beltran explained that the stone base is part of the real Holy Grail. In the foothold of this container, there is an Arabic inscription that no one can completely and accurately translate. Different translations are: "to those who bring glory"; Praise Maria; "Merciful Lord" (this is what Arabs call God); "Lord of the prosperous times", and so on. According to some legends, the inscription "LAPIS· Exelis" sometimes appears on it.
We may never know the true face of the Holy Grail, but the exquisite and beautiful objects we can see today may be the real cups used by Jesus Christ two thousand years ago, which laid the foundation for western mythology and romanticism to a great extent. The Holy Grail is still fascinating. It is part of our cultural structure. In this regard, the search for the connotation of the Holy Grail is not only to discover the object itself, but also to determine what the Holy Grail is and what it means.