>Tom Izbicki wrote:
>
>> Andrew's head was brought to rome in the reign of Pius II;
>> see his Andreis & his commentaries. Thomas Palaeologus,
>> despot of Morea, brought it; and an elaborate ceremony was
>> staged to receive it. I believe that it now resides in S. Andrea
>> della valle, best known otherwise as a setting
>> in Tosca.
>
>Unless I am mistaken, Paul VI gave St. Andrew's skull to the Orthodox Church
>of Greece, and it now resides in the new (and magnificent) Cathedral of St.
>Andrew in Patras.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>MW
>
>Mark F. Williams
>Classics Department
>Calvin College
>Grand Rapids, MI
>USA 49546
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Dear above:
MW is correct.. with the addendum that the ears of Andrew ( "first-called"
and all that) are in residence at Simono-Petras on Mount Athos, where they
( or at least the right ear) keeps company with the left hand of Mary
Magdalen.
Josef Gulka
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