Sometimes religion comes to the absurd.
Relics have always played in religion important role. It’s more than just a decaying body part or a stained piece of cloth. The items became the physical embodiment of God’s presence on earth.
10. Plat Veronica
In Christianity, the miraculous image of Jesus Christ, which, according to legend, appeared on the cloth that Saint Veronica gave Jesus Christ when he carried his cross to Calvary, he wiped his face. The original is lost, preserved only in copies.
9. Breast milk of the virgin Mary
The Holy breast milk was an extremely popular relic in the Middle ages. Was built a Church near Bethlehem on the rock, which miraculously turned white after he got milk Mary. According to another legend, St. Bernard was praying before a statue of the Madonna, when right out of her breast in his mouth poured the milk. Bottle with the miraculous liquid was dispersed throughout Europe.
8. The Tooth
After the Buddha was cremated, his left canine was found among the ashes of his student Chamoy, which gave the tooth to the king Brahmadatta. Began to appear in the legend. The most popular was that whoever possessed the tooth had the divine right to rule the Kingdom Brahmadatta. To take possession of the relic, lot of blood was shed. Now the tooth is kept inside a couple of gold boxes and only opened for special ceremonies.
7. The blood of St. Januarius
SV. Januarius was beheaded near the crater Solfatara in 305, His blood was collected woman by the name of Eusebia and brought to Naples. Allegedly the clotted blood liquefies like a clock. It is removed from the tomb 3 times a year, thousands of people gather to see this miracle, the blood turns into liquid, and pray for the safety of the city. Known cases, when the miracle was not made on the due date; this event is considered an omen of public disasters. So in the twentieth century a miracle occurred three times: in 1939 before the Second world war, 1944, before the eruption of Vesuvius, in 1980, before the strong earthquake.
6. The cloak of the prophet Muhammad
In the sanctuary of Kandahar since the eighteenth century holds a unique Muslim relic – the cloak of the Prophet Muhammad.
5. The tomb of the three Magi
The remains of the three wise men arrived in Cologne in 1164 g, after they were gathered in Jerusalem by St. Helen. The tomb is decorated with Golden plates with a triple sarcophagus. This is the largest tomb in the Western world.
4. The hand of St. Teresa of Avila
SV. Teresa has played an amazing role in the Spanish civil war and the Franco dictatorship. Catholicism was an important aspect of the Franco regime, and St. Teresa became a symbol of propaganda its brutal ideology. In February 1937 Franco has acquired the arm of St. Therese. He took her with him everywhere and even slept with it under my pillow. Franco died in 1975, clutching the relic in hand.
3. The Hand Of Mary Magdalene
In 1191 g St. Hugh visited the monastery of Fecamp. When he was shown a relic of Mary Magdalene, he tried to take a bite. In the end, to the horror of the monks, he just bit off his 2 fingers.
2. The Head Of Catherine Of Siena
SV. Catherine of Siena had a vision that Jesus gave her a ring finger, made from his own foreskin. Catherine died of exhaustion at the age of 33 in Rome. However, the people of Siena wanted her body for worship. Realizing that whole body to take will not succeed, they cut the head off and put it in a bag. When the guards stopped the thieves, they found only hundreds of rose petals in the bag. The head is in Siena, together with the thumb of St. Catherine.
1. Sacred flesh
The earliest appearance of the Holy flesh of Jesus was 800 g, when Charlemagne introduced her to Pope Leo II. It is interesting that most visions involving the foreskin of Christ, has visited the saints of the female sex. SV. Brigitta claimed to have experienced an orgasm, when the angel dropped her on the language of a piece of Holy flesh. The relic was stolen in Calcutta in 1983
