Forgotten religious relic rediscovered in New York

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Wow…that is a really beautiful piece. I hope it’s real, but even if it isn’t, it’s a very nicely made piece of art.
 
That is the only thing he can be certain of.
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The tapestry contains a calendar of 365 relics of the saints, one saint’s relic for each day of the year.
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And in the center of the roughly 2-foot-by-3-foot tapestry are what are supposed to be the relics of the actual crucifixion of Jesus: a piece of the Crown of Thorns, the sponge used to dab his lips, and a sliver of the cross itself, all woven into the cloth.
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how could something like this have been overlooked and hidden away for so many years?
glad that it has been found again. a beautiful piece of art.
 
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foxnews.com/us/2012/01/25/forgotten-religious-relic-rediscovered-in-new-york/

I can’t even imagine finding something like this that was locked away a 100 years ago. What a present from Rome!
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Ooohh, it’s beautiful. Such precision handiwork!

I wonder if the nuns in that convent are still looking around that basement for any documentation? You’d think there’d have been a letter with it, from the sender to the Bishop.

God loves all of you, lurkers, too,
Don
 
I wonder how many pieces there are of the sponge that was used to moisten Jesus’ lips. This surely is a one-in-a million reliquary! I hope that it tours the country – and the world --after those in Buffalo have had a chance to view it.
 
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