The Great Procession of Tournai

Reliquary and statue of Saint John the Baptist Church of St-John the Baptist, gilt woodcarving, 17^th century; Tournai plate, 1624.

St John the Baptist the precursor. Victim of King Herode Antipas, he was beheaded in Macheronte (Dead Sea). Since 1193, St John the Baptist is patron of a church in Tournai.