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The Body Worth Stealing: Why Medieval Cities Fought Over Francis of Assisi’s Corpse

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Apr 9, 202638:10Society & Culture

When St. Francis of Assisi was near death in 1226, he joked with companions that his corpse would be practically as valuable as gold. And he was right: In medieval Europe, relics, or the physical remains of saints, weren...

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