Saint Hedwig's Skull Missing ...
Saint Hedwig's Skull Missing In Germany After Frankfurt Cathedral Theft
... a container holding the remains of Saint Hedwig, an ancient duchess who lived in the 13th century and was canonized after her death, vanished recently from the Frankfurt Cathedral. The gilded monstrance that held pieces of the saint's skull had been stolen sometime between Friday and Tuesday.
Hedwig was born in Bavaria in the late 1100s and married Duke Henry of Silesia as a child.
She founded a monastery and cared for the poor, and "is considered a saint of reconciliation between Germans and Poles".
(the owl Hedwig in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series was named after her)
Hedwig's skull wasn't the only important bone that's disappeared recently in Europe: Researchers discovered last month that playwright William Shakespeare's head was not in his grave in England.
http://www.ibtimes.com/saint-hedwigs-skull-missing-germany-after-frankfurt-cathedral-theft-2360447
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Worshiping of relics
Someday, perhaps, I will compile a theoopedia of superstitious rituals that got incorporated into various religions.
