A friend sent me the link to the BBC News report about the recovery of relics stolen from the sacristy of the abbey at Fécamp in Normandy. This is obviously good news and an opportunity to reflect on the mysterious art crime underworld as well as the history of the relics and of their shrine. The blood relics look to be analagous to the still extant and venerated Holy Blood in Bruges and the story of the inevitabily lost cruets said to have been brought to Glastonbury by St Joseph of Arimathea.
The illustrated article may be seen at French Fécamp 'precious blood' relics recovered after abbey theft
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