Meet the Fantastically Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism's Forgotten Martyrs

[Tis_Bearself]

A friend sent me this article from 2013 today. It’s too old for news and I’m not sure if those who read the Spirituality category are into tales of bejeweled skeletons in the wooded villages of Europe, so just posting it here for those who might enjoy. The author’s books look interesting although it does not seem that he has a religious appreciation for these relics.

Meet the Fantastically Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism’s Forgotten Martyrs | Smithsonian

 

[LovelyLadybug]

Great article!!!

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I found another article on the Katakombenhelligen with even more photos of them, including one that was locked up in a storage unit in a parking garage after the chapel that had her decided she was too macabre to look at.

https://www.cnn.com/style/gallery/beauty-from-the-crypt/index.html