Ampulla, from the Abbey to the very steps of the high altar of the cathedral, where he turned the relic over to the archbishop of Rheims for its use in the coronation ritual. All succeeding kings of France were anointed with this same oilmixed with chrism prior to their coronation.

French queens were crowned either together with their husband at Reims or alone at Sainte-Chapelle or the Basilica of Saint-Denis.