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- Relics
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1) These sacred objects were popular in the Middle Ages as they were thought to contain something of the sanctity of the saint or holy person associated with them. They could be the bones of a saint or a piece of the Cross or some other object familiar from the Bible or the lives of the saints. The greater the fame of the relic the more pilgrims it would attract to the shrine in which it was housed. Most relics were destroyed at the Reformation when they became regarded as superstitious.
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