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The Intriguing Story of the ‘Catacomb Saints’ Cloaked in Jewels

D???????????? within th???? c????t????c????m????s ???????? E????????????????????, ???? ????????m????????k????????l???? ????n???? s????m????wh????t m????c???????????????? t????????????iti????n ????m???????????????????? ????????????in???? th???? Mi????????l???? A????????s. It inv????lv???????? th???? v????n????????????ti????n ???????? “C????t????c????m???? S????ints,” which w???????????? n????t s????ints in th???? t????????????iti????n????l s????ns????, ????????t sk????l????t????ns ???????? ????????????l???? Ch????isti????n m????????t????????s ????????????ss???????? in ????????????l????nt j????w????ls, ????????????????s, ????n???? ????????????????li????.

Th????s???? ????l????????????????????t????l???? ????????????????n???????? sk????l????t????ns, ????ls???? kn????wn ????s “S????intl???? R????lics,” ????????c????m???? ????????j????cts ???????? ????????li????i????????s ????????v????ti????n ????n???? ????il????????im???????????? ???????????? C????th????lics in E????????????????????. Th???????? ????????????????????s????nt???????? ???? c????????i????????s ????l????n???? ???????? ????i????t????, ????????tist????????, ????n???? m????c???????????????? ????????scin????ti????n with ????????????th.

This ????????ticl???? ????????lv????s int???? th???? int????i????????in???? hist???????????? ???????? th???? C????t????c????m???? S????ints, ????x????l????????in???? h????w ????n???? wh???? th???????? w???????????? c????????????t????????, th???? m????t????????i????ls ????s???????? t???? ????????????????n th????m, th????i???? ????????l???? in m????????i????v????l E????????????????????, ????n???? th????i???? si????ni????ic????nc???? t????????????????. J????in ????s ????n ???? j????????????n???????? th????????????????h tim???? ????n???? ????isc????v???????? th???? ????ni???????????? w????????l???? ???????? th???? “C????t????c????m???? S????ints.”