Patron Saints of Cities and Their Relics: From Medieval Times to Modernity

Patron Saints of Cities and Their Relics: From Medieval Times to Modernity

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Feasts associated with relics have occurred since antiquity.They play a major role in the life of both the Catholic and Orthodox churches.In contemporary practice, relic feasts often include both religious sequal eclipse 5 battery and secular events, which are especially significant in small cities that possess relics of a patron saint.This paper analyses the feasts associated with St Nicholas of Myra, St Euthemia of Chalcedon, and St Alexander Schmorell; two of these traditions go back to echofix spring reverb the medieval era, the third has more recent origins.