# INRI

**Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum**

**Known today as.** The initials of the title Pilate set over the cross, “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews,” written, the Gospel says, in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

Kind: Sacramental

## What was it used for?

Carried on crucifixes and on protective crosses, and included in written blessings and charms.

## What does modern science say?

Still set on crucifixes.

## What lore surrounds it?

A board held to be part of the title itself is kept as a relic at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome.

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*INRI.* In *Materia Medica*, edited by B. C. P. Statema. Version 1, revised 2026-09-28. The Thinking Press. https://thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/inri

Historical description, not medical advice.