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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > I have had the good fortune to be in Corfu on his feast day. His body> is carried upright in procession around the town, and you get to> venerate it in an upright position in the church. The perpendicularity> is, of course, in honour of the resurrection; I believe he is placed in> the same posture at Easter. For those who are curious... On ordinary days ( as when I was there), his coffin - a huge silver thing as I recall - is in a horizontal position. I wasn't able to see if he's visible through a window. One would have to be extremely tall to know. MG _________________________________________________________________ Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weather&FORM=WLMTAG ********************************************************************** 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