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Relics of Saint Rochus |
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"Ex ossibus S. Rochi conf(essoris)" - part of the skeleton of st. Rochus the Confessor. 19th century reliquary theca with sealed first class relics of saint Rochus. Similar reliquaries are rather frequent. They show, that people need heawenly assistance since ever, when suffering or when exposed to severe danger as pestilentia. *** The "Confrérie Saint Roch" was the predecessor of the master bakers association - it was NOT the love for small bread rolls that led me to buy a Rochus reliquary, but rather a whole series of medieval cultural details illuminate the relic ...
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