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Sacred Bones: Confessions of a Medieval Grave Robber
Michael Spring
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Description for Sacred Bones: Confessions of a Medieval Grave Robber
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
Sacred Bones is based on the true story of Deusdona ("God's gift"), a ninth-century Roman deacon who worked in the catacombs, digging up worthless bones and selling them off as the holy remains of saints and martyrs. Deusdona thanked God for his worldly success, but he was also a clever businessman who knew how to strike deals with abbots and kings. It didn't hurt that no church could be sanctified without a relic in residence, and that the more relics a church displayed, the more pilgrims came to visit with their coins and their prayers. Deusdona was a Willy ... Read more
Sacred Bones is based on the true story of Deusdona ("God's gift"), a ninth-century Roman deacon who worked in the catacombs, digging up worthless bones and selling them off as the holy remains of saints and martyrs. Deusdona thanked God for his worldly success, but he was also a clever businessman who knew how to strike deals with abbots and kings. It didn't hurt that no church could be sanctified without a relic in residence, and that the more relics a church displayed, the more pilgrims came to visit with their coins and their prayers. Deusdona was a Willy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Four Winds Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
San Francisco, United States
ISBN
9781940423104
SKU
V9781940423104
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About Michael Spring
Michael Spring was born in New York City in 1941. He has degrees in English Literature from Haverford and Columbia University. After his junior year in college he spent ten months hitching around the world. On his return, he worked for more than two decades as editorial director of Fodor's Travel Guides and publisher and vice-president of Frommer's Travel. He ... Read more
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