On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Mark Williams wrote:
> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 23:30:32 -0400
> From: Mark Williams <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Andrew's Head (was: 39 Articles0
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> 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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That would not surprise me, & my guidebook to Roman churches is not
recent.
Tom Izbicki
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