medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Revd Gordon Plumb wrote:
>
> The original question to which I was replying was:
>
> does anyone know of any other English medieval saints whose relics are
> still known to lie in the church where they were held, or even on the
> site of a medieval shrine in that church?
>
> I assumed that people would take this restriction for granted - but
> it seems that you can't make such assumptions; the guild of
> professional academic nitpickers is clearly alive and kicking!
Not that I would wish to defend John in any way, but the question should
really have been formulated thus:
"Does anyone know of any other medieval saints whose relics are still known
to lie in the English church where they were held, or even on the site of a
medieval shrine in that church?"
:-)
John Briggs
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