Devout possessor of false relics miraculously receives authentic ones — Mythoi

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Devout possessor of false relics miraculously receives authentic ones.

Religion. · Religious edifices and objects. · Sacred relics. · view the constellation · filed as V142

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Spanish Exempla Keller.
general Alphabet Nos. 89, 402

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Filed under Sacred relics.

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Sham relics perform miracles if faith is great

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Angel reveals (buried) relics to saint Saint's relics miraculously recovered A cow licks the stone under which the secreted body of saint is buried Testing the authenticity of relics: bones are cast into fire; with great noise they jump away from the flames Possession of relic brings prosperity, its loss sickness Saint's bones for lack of worship remove themselves from church. (Cf. D1641.) Belief in miraculous powers of sacred relics

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