The head of John the Baptist illustrated in a stained glass window in Basilica of San Silvestro in Capite in Rome, Italy. It is one of four sites that claim to hold preacher's remains.

A Bulgarian East-Orthodox priest holds up a box containing bones, believed to be the relics of John the Baptist, in front golden-domed "Alexander Nevski" cathedral in Sofia, November 12, 2010.

John the Baptist, who is revered in Christianity and Islam, announced the coming of Jesus and baptised him in the River Jordan. The Gospels say King Herod had him beheaded.