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The procession cross with the motives of Jesus Crucified, God the Father on the top, St. Aloysius? on the left, St. Rocus on the right and below the motive of the Sorrowful Mother of God. On the other side there are motives: St. Hubert? and four Evangelists. The cross is decorated with eight octagonal glasses on one side and on the other.

A silver pectorale (pectoral cross) belonged to the abbot of Stična Gerard Maier (1903–1912), designed by Wilhelm Rauscher in Fulda (Germany). The surface is decorated with embossed and filigree precisely made decorations from plant vitices and balls. Six precious stones are embroidered on the front side of the cross. There is a relic space (at present missing) at the rear side of the cross.

A brass reliquary cross with a corpus. In the lower part of the cross there is a hole in which there is a tiny roll with a relic.

Wooden, table cross with the representation of Calvary. Under the cross there is the book on which the figures of Mary and St. John are standing.

Metal reliquary cross. The corpus is attached to the wooden base, which is inserted in the metal upper cross. Inside of the cross are relics of St. Sara, St. Ulrich, St. Sabina and St. Peter. Few relics are missing.

Copper made Caravaca cross (also called Lorraine or Spanish cross). A cross with two bars and letters or shorter notes which are supposed to protect the owner against diseases and plagues. They were also used for good harvests. On one side is a variant of the Zacharius' veil (blessing), consisting of eighteen letters. This kind of inscription on the crosses began to appear in the middle of the 17^th century. Each cross and letter represent the entire sentence, sometimes also passages from the Psalms and Gospels. The cross also contains so called Benedict's blessing. According to tradition, it should keep the believers save against of all demons and illnesses.

A wooden cross with a corpus on a rectangular base in the form of a book. Glass bell is missing.

Cross with a corpus and a printed image of St. Francis Xavier under the foothills. The plate is placed on a three-piece base, decorated with wooden tears on each side. The cross is decorated with sample glass and decorative paper.

Bronze made altar cross from the second quarter of the 18^th century. On the backside there is an engraved inscription of the donor Count Anton Kolowrata.

Reliquary with the shape of the cross are found in several functions: as processional crosses, altar crosses or standing crosses. There are 10 relics in the cross. They have no inscriptions.

Wooden, black cross (crucifix) with silver ornaments and corpus. Supposedly it is a funeral cross for steams or an altar cross at a funeral mass. A relief of Mary with a pierced heart is depicted under the cross. Beneath it is a deadhead with crossbones. The base has a metal base.

The silver procession cross. Reliefs in front:  Crucified Jesus, God the Father, saint with ropes in his hands, St. Matthew the Evangelist. Reliefs in the back: St. John the Baptist with four evangelists. Below it is engraved the year of manufacture. 

The processional cross with motifs of the Crucified, God the Father, St Aloysius, Sorrowful Mother of God, St Hubert? and the four Evangelists.

A metal processional cross. In several places is signatured by BB and with Austrian silver quality marks from 1872 to 1922. Similar crosses were made in the second half of the 17th century and supplemented in the 19th century. Front: Relief of Mary with Jesus and motifs of four saints. Back: Crucified with motifs of the four evangelists. Below the bulbous part are three angel heads. The silver plate is precisely and richly ornamented.

A wall cross, supposedly by Jože Plečnik, wood-based brass corps.

Crucifix on a massive base with four profiled columns. The crucifix with a corps can be removed from the base. It was designed by the architect Jože Plečnik and made by the carver Gašperin from Ljubljana.