One of the most curious instances of relique worship occurred here in the reign of Æneas Sylvius, Pope Pius II.
A further anecdote concerning this relique may not be unacceptable.
The good Las Casas having heard much of this famous relique of Ojeda, was desirous of obtaining possession of it, and offered to give the cacique in exchange, an image of the Virgin which he had brought with him.
It does not appear that any such fatality was ascribed to this relique as that which the Scots attributed to the possession of the famous stone on which their kings were crowned, or it might be conjectured that when Edward I.
I am not aware of any record in which mention of this relique occurs before the time of St. Margaret.
I fear that the fact that it was formed of silver and gold, gives little reason to hope that this historical relique escaped destruction when it came into the hands of King Henry's church robbers.
That amiable and pleasing historian, Miss Strickland, has stated that the English viewed the possession of this relique by the Scottish kings with jealousy; that it was seized upon by Edward I.
I will tell him that your paganism has made spells over me so that I cannot tell a holy relique from an ale-skin; and a bedridden woman looks to me like two strapping yeomen.
Men thus learned to look beyond the relique and the host, and to forget the dogma in the lovely forms which gave it expression.
The money and the reliquearrived in Italy and were intercepted by the partisans of Giuliano della Rovere.
I do not reprobate the idea of this relique of ancient dignity, as these Heraldic Monuments were doubtless intended to operate as public evidences of the passage of each Lord-Deputy to his delegated Government.
Sir John Spelman, in his Life of King Alfred, supposes that the Officers who are now called Quarter-waiters are, from their title, a relique of this mode of waiting established by Alfred.
I am not at all acquainted with the evidence on which the tradition rests; but any particulars relating to such a relique must be interesting to the countrymen of the illustrious admiral, and would much oblige his godson, WM.
Whenever these Reliques are exposed, a Priest makes a Proclamation to the People, what Relique he is going to shew them.
Therefore let us beseech God, that we may look upon this sacred Relique in such a Manner, that the Honour and Glory of God may be thereby advanced, and that we may obtain his Grace, and his sacred Benediction.
This precious Relique is very much neglected, and I cannot imagine how it came to be so abandoned by that pious King James II.
Handkerchief of our Saviour, a Relique to be seen in three Places, 154.
Moreover, it was not upon this relique which I then swore, but upon another fragment of the true cross which I got from the Grand Seignior, weakened in virtue, doubtless, by sojourning with infidels.
Canonizing Of Saints The Canonizing of Saints, is another Relique of Gentilisme: It is neither a misunderstanding of Scripture, nor a new invention of the Roman Church, but a custome as ancient as the Common-wealth of Rome it self.
It was a reliqueof the original style of the castle, with pannelled wainscots and gothic windows.
I've not a doubt but it's a relique of the buccaneers of old times.
Mr. Cary and his family, overlaid any former reliqueof a man's name in Mrs. G.
He alighted and tethered his steed on the skirts of the forest, where he might crop the tender herbage; then approaching the cross, he knelt and poured forth his evening prayers before this relique of the Christian days of Spain.
A literary relique that is said to have now disappeared; but it is to be hoped, for the credit of a learned Society, that it is a mistake.
Edward Daniel Clarke, the traveller, that we are indebted for that relique of antiquity.
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