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preston and lincoln child novel, see reliquary (novel) . reliquary shrine , french, c – , the cloisters , new york a reliquary (also referred to as a shrine or by the french term châsse) is a container for relics . these may be the purported or actual physical remains of saints , such as bones, pieces
also became popular; hence, for instance, the skull of pope alexander i was housed in a head-shaped reliquary. similarly, the bones of saints were often housed in reliquaries that recalled the shape of the original body part, such as an arm or a foot. many eastern orthodox reliquaries housing tiny pieces...
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