sentences:  Near the sacristy is the "Gero-Kreuz", a large crucifix carved in oak and with traces of paint and gilding.Believed to have been commissioned around 960 for Archbishop Gero, it is the oldest large crucifix north of the Alps and the earliest-known large free-standing Northern sculpture of the medieval period.In the Sacrament Chapel is the "Mailänder Madonna" ("Milan Madonna"), dating from around 1290, a wooden sculpture depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus.