Sword of Peter

Sword in Archdiocesan Museum
The copy of Saint Peter's Sword displayed in Poznań Archcathedral.

The Sword of Saint Peter (Polish: Miecz świętego Piotra) is a religious relic held in the Poznań Archdiocesan Museum.

It is claimed to be the sword with which the Apostle Peter cut off the right ear of the high priest's servant at the time of Jesus' arrest in Gethsemane. The sword is wide-tipped, similar in shape to a dussack or machete. An exact copy of the sword, made by Bogdan Puchalski, is displayed on the wall of the Poznań Archcathedral Basilica.


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