On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, CA Muessig wrote:
> Today, 1 January, is the feast of ...
>
> * the Circumcision of Jesus Christ
> - several churches have claimed the relic of the foreskin
> of Jesus: see *Acta Sanctorum*, Jan., t. I
Didn't Catherine of Siena claim the foreskin as a wedding ring,
permanently placed on her finger by Christ but visible only to her? I
seem to remember that one of her mystical visions involved a marriage with
Christ with the BVM giving her son away to Catherine. Does anyone else
know this story or have a reference?
Clint
Clinton Atchley
University of Washington
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