c. 1620, the pedestal is an 18th-century addition
Prague, circle(?) of Ottavio Miseroni (1567-1624)
Ebony, gilt-silver mounts, ronde-bosse and champlevé enamel, pearl, agate, heliotrope, jasper, chalcedony
PFM IM 47.1-2.

The two home altars with relics of saints were made in the first half of the 17th century and they belonged to Viennese Imperial Treasury. Empress Maria Theresa presented them to abbey at the time of archabbot Dániel Somogyi (1720-1801). One contains relics of male saints, and is decorated with enamel, gilded statuettes of the Twelve Apostles, while the other, also housing relics, has twelve statuettes of female saints. The holy relics are sewn to the red silk base with pearl ornamentation. The ebony altar cabinets are adorned with semi-precious gemstone pillars. When Joseph II dissolved the Benedictine order in 1786 most of the Baroque artifacts of Pannonhalma were lost. Pieces were partly relocated to a central storage in Buda (where everything was burnt down due to arson), and partly auctioned off. These two reliquary altars were saved and returned to the community by the family of Archabbot Daniel Somogyi.