The sanctuary had been opened and the reliquaries smashed.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Thus, after the Calvinists had already seized on every thing precious that fell in their way, the Duke de Bouillon, the governor of the town, commanded all the reliquaries, shrines, church-plate, and ecclesiastical ornaments, to be carried to him at the castle; and he had no sooner got them into his possession, than "all holy, rich, and precious, as they were, he caused them to be melted down, and converted into coin to pay his soldiers; and he scattered the relics, so that they have never been seen more."
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
At the commencement of the chancel, near the cupola, is the chapel in which the reliquaries are kept.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black