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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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 01 December 2006 04:42 Subject: St.-Martin-in-the-Fields > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > 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 > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html