And I called them relics.

Relics of St. Thérèse on a world pilgrimage For many years Thérèse's relics have toured the world, and thousands of pilgrims have thronged to pray in their presence.

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The small collegiate church contains several curious relics associated with Roland.

The remains of saints are called holy relics and are usually used in churches.

There are numerous relics of Saint Basil throughout the world.

Relics of slavery, like Valongo, were literally paved over.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Voldemort appears at the climax of the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , having again plotted against Harry.

The location of the Dominican remains is in The Columbus Lighthouse ( Faro a Colón ), in Santo Domingo.

During the English Reformation, Augustine's shrine was destroyed and his relics were lost.

Soviet relics and souvenirs of recent Russian manufacture nesting dolls, watches, enamel boxes and so on are also available at the Vernisage.

But only Clement IX established a true Congregation of Indulgences (and Relics) with a Brief of 6 July 1669.

The laity continued the practices of pilgrimages, veneration of relics, and belief in the power of the Devil.

Instead of having to travel to be near to a venerated saint, relics of the saint could be venerated locally.

Pope Paul, in an address to the delegation, said that the rest of the relics of the saint remained in Venice.

There are legends innumerable of sick people regaining their health by kissing relics, he points out.

In 1063, during the construction of a new basilica in Venice, St. Mark's relics could not be found.

In the 18th century, Leo the Great's relics were separated from those of the other Leos and he was given his own chapel.

The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin (Latin præputium or prepucium ) is one of several relics attributed to Jesus, a product of the circumcision of Jesus.

The right hand of St. John is preserved on Mount Athos, and numerous smaller relics are scattered throughout the world.

Because the Kaaba and the rituals around it are relics from the earliest phase of Islam, that of prophet Muhammad.

Many priceless icons, relics, and other objects later turned up in Western Europe, a large number in Venice.

It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition, dates back to the time of Adam and Eve.

After obtaining the cure in 550, he founded a church in Dume and sent emissaries to Gaul in search of relics of the saint.

The church contained a large collection of holy relics and featured, among other things, a silver iconostasis.

The cult of the goddess Isis, for example, became popular in the Roman Empire, as obelisks and other relics were transported back to Rome.

In addition to money, Abbad II al Mu'tadid, the Abbasid ruler of Seville (1042 1069), agreed to turn over St. Isidore's remains to Fernando I.

In Spain, each one of the Magi is supposed to represent one different continent, Europe (Melchior), Asia (Caspar) and Africa (Balthasar).

The scribal profession had companion professions, the painters and artisans who decorated reliefs and other relics with scenes, personages, or hieroglyphic text.

Heroes are also able to collect relics, which grant the player additional economic or military bonuses when deposited in a player's temple.

Later years Given that Saint Stephen s relics were uncovered on 26 December 415, Orosius must have departed from Palestine after that date.

However, throughout the history of Christianity a number of relics attributed to Jesus have been claimed, although doubt has been cast on them.

Many aspects of Edward's religion were essentially Catholic in his early years, including celebration of the mass and reverence for images and relics of the saints.

This area illustrates the changes in the study of ancient Egypt, starting as antiquity hunting, and ending as scientific excavation of the whole Theban Necropolis.

It is dedicated to Saint Vincent of Saragossa, patron saint of Lisbon, whose relics were brought from the Algarve to Lisbon in the 12th century.

He was a keen collector of relics, sending an embassy to Constantinople in 1118 to collect Byzantine items, some of which were donated to Reading Abbey.

Later in life, Pulcheria would bring back the remains of John Chrysostom and make them into relics for the church, in gratitude for his pious life.

In the marginalia that El Greco inscribed in his copy of Daniele Barbaro's translation of Vitruvius' , he refuted Vitruvius' attachment to archaeological remains, canonical proportions, perspective and mathematics.

However, the skull of St John, having been kept at the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos in northern Greece, was not among the relics that were taken by the crusaders in the 13th century.

In the above mentioned Fierabras , they retrieve holy relics stolen from Rome by the Saracen giant Fierabras and (in some versions) convert him to Christianity and recruit him to their ranks.

Even though some relics have not survived through wars and time, the city still has many interesting cultural and historic monuments for visitors and residents alike.

The Augustinians were expelled from Pavia in 1700, taking refuge in Milan with the relics of Augustine, and the disassembled Arca , which were removed to the cathedral there.

His relics were later brought to the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, along with the relics of St. Cecilia and others.

In November 2013, a new reliquary containing relics of St. Therese and of her parents, Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, is being given to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Kissing the Cross brings blessing and happiness people kiss the image of Our Lady and the pictures and statues of saints not only their pictures, but even their relics are kissed, notes Nyrop.