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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: c.hinton who wrote (240410)8/31/2007 11:24:12 AM
From: c.hinton  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
ps let me add that pilgramages and the controll of holy sites and relics were a huge business....any church that could claim to have an important relic was guarenteed an steady income from donations and pilgrams....many cities stole or fabricated their relics.

"In 828, relics believed to be the body of St. Mark were stolen from Alexandria by Italian sailors and were taken to Venice, where the Byzantine St. Theodore had previously been the patron saint. A basilica was built there to house the relics. There is a mosaic on this Venetian basilica showing how the sailors covered the body relics with a layer of pork. Since Muslims are not allowed to touch pork, this action was done to prevent Muslim intervention in the relics removal."

the shroud of turin is a huge money earner as was christs foreskin;
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