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Enger
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The Enger reliquary is one of the finest pieces of Carolingian metal work. It is now empty, but is said to have contained a tooth of St Dionysius. However, its popularity has derived above all from the idea that it was a christening present given by Charlemagne to Saxon leader Widukind in 785 This idea was first suggested by de Linas, who applied a passage from the
Annales Mosellai on the reliquary: "Widukind tot malorum auctor ac perfidie incentor, venit cum sociis suis ad Attinacho palacio, et ibidem baptiatus est, et domnus rex suscepit eum a fonte ac donis magnifics honoravit" (
Emaillerie).…
