Saints Preserved - An Encyclopedia of Relics Chiovaro

Saints Preserved - An Encyclopedia of Relics ChiovaroA finger, a lock of hair, a crucifix, a chaliceif such items belonged to a saint, they are considered to be relics and as such are venerated by the Catholic Church. In Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics, author Thomas J. Craughwell takes us on an exhilarating journey through the life and death of more than three hundred saints and along the way enlightens us about the sometimes strange bits and pieces that the saints left behind. Including

and entered the Benedictine novitiate at age nineteen

spiritual reflection and

and mother of seven

Walton Hannah

interviews

Catholic author Orestes Brownson in Saint Worship and the Worship of Mary

Arthur Chadwick

Joan of Arc

long forgotten on the shelves of her tiny convent library

he shows that the so-called physical universe proves finally to be constructed by the strategies of the experimental physicist himself

pain management

and prayers of great theologians