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Catacomb saints are skeletons exhumed from Roman catacombs and decorated with gold and jewels to serve as replacement relics for those destroyed during the Protestant Reformation. It is unlikely that any of those skeletons are actually of the people they are reputed by tradition to be.

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Fun Fact: Catacomb saints are skeletons exhumed from Roman catacombs and decorated with gold and jewels to serve as “replacement relics” for those destroyed during the Protestant Reformation. It is unlikely that any of those skeletons are actually of the people they are reputed by tradition to be.

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