On the eve of a religious festival, the thief Korkis, who has just escaped from prison, and his accomplice Schultz find themselves in front of the temple and, seeing the wealth displayed by the mercantile monks, decide to steal the temple. Korkis enters there at night, but Schultz, pursued by the police, fails to come and open the doors as planned for Korkis to leave. The latter, taken by surprise on the morning of the festival where the faithful were already flocking, took church clothes and pretended to be Saint-Iorgen. But the commissioner recognizes him and denounces him to the superior. To confuse him, he asks him to perform a miracle. Korkis does so by treating a supposed lame man, who is in fact his accomplice Schultz. The fathers of the temple, who were disturbed by the presence of the new “saint”, convinced Korkis to leave for abroad after giving him “compensation” and a passport. Korkis leaves town with Schultz and takes the superior's daughter with him.