By the time he died in 1892, he had amassed more than 5,000 relics, the world’s largest collection outside of the Vatican ... to mediate the presence of the holy for us.” ...

Pilgrims brought rosaries and prayer intentions to press against more than 500 reliquaries, seeking heavenly intercession.

It operates from Vatican City, and Moskoff is its director. A French government lawyer named Michel Calvo had read Moskoff’s earlier book about the lost artifacts of the Second Temple.