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Article: Magnificent Corpses: Searching Through Europe for St. Peter's Head, St. Chiara's Heart, St. Stephen's Hand, and Other Saints' Relics.(Pilgrimage)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- December 13, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 The Christian Century Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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By Anneli Rufus. Marlowe & Company, 245 pp., $13.95 paperback
As a ten-year-old on vacation in Spain, Rufus saw her first relic (a vial of desiccated blood) and developed a passion for reading about saints. As a skeptical adult, Rufus set out to visit the shrines of 18 saints whose relics have attracted pilgrims--famous ones like Catherine of Siena and Francis Xavier ...
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