medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
An important possibility, and not one that should be confined to this
discussion list. I suggest you contact the Museum of London, and the vicar
of St. Martin's pronto
Laura
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From: "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 01 December 2006 04:42
Subject: St.-Martin-in-the-Fields
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> For those who may have missed it. a late antique Roman sarcophagus (said
> in one account to be from ca. 410) containing a skeleton has been found
> underneath St-Martin-in-the-Fields in London. Anonymous researchers are
> reported as speculating that the head was removed by Victorian workment
> building a sewer. No one, apparently, is reporeted as speculating that
> these are the relics of Christian martyr who suffered decapitation and
> whose acephalic remains were later piously laid to rest in that
> sarcophagus. How things have changed since the Middle Ages!
>
> Two similar accounts are here, the first with a photo:
> http://tinyurl.com/yf8agm
> http://tinyurl.com/yz66zn
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
>
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