Furta sacra
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title:
Furta sacra
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Furta sacra refers to the medieval Christian practice of stealing saints' relics and moving them to a new shrine. Trade in and thefts of relics led to the creation of a new genre of hagiography that aimed to legitimize the actions that brought relics to their new homes; in these writings, the translation of the relics is often portrayed as morally necessary, or even requested directly by God. Sometimes, hagiographers would try to downplay the theft, but in general it was believed that a relic co
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Medieval practice of stealing relics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furta_sacra
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2023-05-12T16:01:35Z
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