The Great Procession of Tournai

Silver reliquary arms with relics of Saint Brice and Saint Marcou St-Brice's Church, Tournai plate, 1653.

St Brice was the bishop of Tours (Fr). A follower of St Martin, he becomes his successor as head of Tours' church. He deceased in 444. His cult is very old in Tournai, where he is the patron of a church build near King Childeric's grave.

St Marcou is the founder of Nanteuil's abbey in Cotentin (Fr). He deceased in 558. He was worshiped by the kings of France at their crown in Reims. He his honored at St Brice's chuch since the 15^th century.