Dear listmembers,
As some of you were extremely helpful when I floated my previous
question, I feel bold enough to ask another one on a related topic.
I have just returned from Rome where I visited S. Maria Maggiore with
its remains of the True Manger. However, I had read somewhere that
this church also housed a relic of Christ's swaddling clothes but
found no trace of them. An alternative church to possess this relic
is said to be S. Anastasia but to my great annoyance it was closed
for restoration. (Just my luck: my first visit to Rome, and not
only the Pope missing but also my favourite relic!)
So, having failed to find the answer to my question in Rome,
perhaps someone on the list could help me find the true whereabouts
of Christ's swaddling clothes in Rome? I know there is a similar
relic in Aachen, and Byzantium also possessed one or more parts of
these clothes. If anyone knows of any other Holy Swaddling Clothes,
I should be very interested to hear from them off the list (as I am
still in e-limbo).
With many thanks in advance,
Sophie Oosterwijk
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Dr Sophie Oosterwijk MA
Dept of the History of Art
University of Leicester
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