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I don't know if this counts, but the Council of Rome of 745 heard St.
Boniface's complaints of a certain Aldebert, variously labelled heretic,
schismatic and pseudoprophet, whose followers considered him a saint, and
who distributed his own nailclippings and hair among them as relics.
Bernadette Filotas
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I do remember seeing in a relic collection in Venice (very vague memory,
it was a long time ago) bloodstained napkins said to be relics of a
number of stigmatics. I think, though, that they were all post-medieval
(mainly C18-C19, I think) - but these must surely have been collected
and distributed during their lifetimes?
And OK, not bodily relics, but there must be lots of examples of
collection and distribution of contact relics.
Maddy
Dr Madeleine Gray, in the foothills of God's golden county of Gwent
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"But are there documented instances of the proleptic
distribution of relics?"
Depends on what you mean by "documented," "distribution" and "relics."
My husband visited Padre Pio's village in the 1960s and people (not
Church-affiliated as far as he knew) were selling (10K lira) napkins
with Padre Pio's (alleged) blood on them.
Take this non-medieval and anecdotal tale for what it's worth. For some,
analogies between today's behavior and that of the MA are spurious.
Does anyone know if there are relics of the blood of Saint Francis
collected in his lifetime?
MG
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