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Saints in Alters?
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RE: Saints in Alters?
January 11, 2013 at 2:45 pm
Ah, we have one of those here in Portugal... Been there, done that... and yes, it's creepy.

I guess the church (under which people were buried - there were no cemeteries) just ran out of space to put dead people, so they... err... refurbished.

As for the relics, I guess they mostly arise due to people desiring to be close to actual saints, or something like that. Hoping some of that sanctity rubs on to them. People are weird.
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Saints in Alters? - by ThatMuslimGuy - January 10, 2013 at 8:29 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by CapnAwesome - January 10, 2013 at 8:42 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by ThatMuslimGuy - January 10, 2013 at 8:45 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by Something completely different - January 10, 2013 at 8:45 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by Darkstar - January 11, 2013 at 4:14 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by jonb - January 10, 2013 at 9:00 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by Dee Dee Ramone - January 10, 2013 at 9:00 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by Minimalist - January 10, 2013 at 9:01 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by catfish - January 10, 2013 at 9:08 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by Minimalist - January 10, 2013 at 9:25 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by catfish - January 10, 2013 at 9:31 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by ThatMuslimGuy - January 11, 2013 at 3:53 am
RE: Saints in Alters? - by Minimalist - January 11, 2013 at 11:48 am
RE: Saints in Alters? - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 2:36 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by pocaracas - January 11, 2013 at 2:45 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by The Grand Nudger - January 11, 2013 at 2:54 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 4:05 pm
RE: Saints in Alters? - by catfish - January 12, 2013 at 5:24 am

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