Events Tagged: "relics"

Body of St. Mark stolen from Alexandria - Venetian merchants smuggle evangelist's relics hidden in pork, St. Mark replaces St. Theodore as patron

Cluny becomes major pilgrimage site housing relics of Saints Peter and Paul, attracting thousands of pilgrims annually

Burning sickness (ergotism) epidemic ends - after Genevieve's relics carried in procession, 14,000 cured, annual feast established

Annual procession of St. Genevieve's shrine established - after ergotism miracle, yearly November 26 procession begins

Mysterious woman in white commands moving Christina's neglected body - vanishes like angel Raphael; bones moved to altar, healing miracles follow

Charles II of Anjou discovers relics of St. Mary Magdalene at Saint-Maximin - claims divine revelation, finds sarcophagus with inscription 'Here lies the body of the blessed Mary Magdalene'

Revolutionaries burn St. Genevieve's relics - remains publicly burned at Place de Grève, ashes thrown in Seine, some relics hidden