medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> the Grand Duchess Elizabeth (Princess
> Alexandra Luise Alice of Hesse) granddaughter of Queen Victoria who become a
> nun and founded a Moscow convent after the assassination of her Russian
> husband . She was martyred by the Bolsheviks. Victoria, who had raised her
> in England, had her relics removed from the Soviet Union and transported to
> Jerusalem where they are now venerated in the church of Saint Mary Magdalene
> in the Garden of Gethsemane.
>
>
Can you clarify the history? Victoria died in 1901, some years before
there was a Soviet Union.
DW
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