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Preserved Head of Saint Catherine of Siena (Italy) - Santa Caterina da Siena
This holy relic is on display in the Basilica of San Domenico in Siena (Italy).
For more information about Saint Catherine of Siena, check this wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Siena .
Location: Via Camporegio, 2, 53100 Sienna, Italy -
Found it very easy to pray to St. Catherine as I was face to face with her. I feel very inspired. It made me feel very close to her as here was the actual person. loved it.
Went to the Church and was told by a young priest who was kneeling near to me that her nose is missing because the incorrupt head was stolen at one point by people from a neighboring town and when the people of Siena fought to retrieve it the head was dropped and the nose fell off! I have also heard that when incorrupt bodies, or in this case, heads! are moved they start to decay. This is the reason this relic is in such a state of decay, but still not corrupt and still a miracle as far as I am concerned. Catholics are not dualists and therefore the body is good as the spirit. Good because it was through her body that she knew God.
went in the church and suddennly realised what I was looking at. Oh my god it is gruesome> Put me off catholicism for ever and was a catholic. Is she patron saint of self harmers?
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