The tombs of the bishops are centered around the marble altar beneath the statue of the Risen Christ. Two panels, on either side of the altar, depict Christ's suffering and death. The panels, tabernacle, and the pillars were originally a part of the chapel in the previous residence of the Bishop in Bratenahl, which has since been sold.
The ceiling is a mosaic of varicolored Venetian glass, hand set in a sunburst design of blue spotted with gold stars. The two-panel window depicts the theme of Redemption through Christ and the Mass. The figures of both St. Peter and St. Paul are on the upper half of the north wall. The figures of Aaron, David, and Melchizedek are on the south wall.
The relics of St. Christine (or Christina) lie under the altar of this chapel. The relics were presented to Archbishop Schrembs in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Her remains were discovered in the catacombs of St. Calixtus / St. Pontianus outside Rome in the 18th century. At that time, the relics of the saints contained in the catacombs were moved to the Vatican. Within the Diocese of Cleveland, Bp. Schrembs set her feast day as November 5th.
This St. Christine is certainly not St. Christina of Bolsena (whose relics are still in Italy) nor any other saint that you would find in a "Lives of the Saints". The evidence indicates that Christine was a girl of 13 or 14 who died for her faith around the year 300. In keeping with tradition of that time, she had been buried with a small glass vial of her blood, in testiment of having given her life's blood for the Faith as a martyr.
While this vial was broken in transit to the United states, its remnants can be seen in the lower left corner of the relic case, which displays her entire skeleton. She was the 1st female saint to have her relics transferred to America and only the second time in the history of the American church that the Vatican gave the complete relics of a saint to a Diocese. (Relics of St. Datian are enshrined in New York City.)