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#2 No Bodily Relics of Mary

There are relics of many, if not most saints, but there are no relics of the Virgin Mary. John of Damascus or John Damascene (c.675 – c.750), a Christian Arab theologian wrote the following about a request for the relics of Mary to be sent: “St Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of ChalcedonContinue reading “#2 No Bodily Relics of Mary”