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Archives at the Vatican are currently being scoured after the recent discovery in a secondary school in north Dublin of what is believed to be the relic of a 2nd- or 3rd-century saint.
The discovery last week at St Vincent’s Secondary School in Glasnevin has gripped the imaginations of all involved – from the students and teachers at the school, to their families at home. It has also gripped the imagination of Fr William Purcell, a local relic expert known as “the Bone Collector”, who is now in Rome attempting to trace and verify the relic.
“The excitement comes from both the ‘Indiana Jones’ element and the religious importance too,” Máire Quinn, the school’s principal and a historian, told the Catholic Herald.
“We live in a time in which there is not a lot of wonder. For the students to have found something like this has generated so much excitement and questions: What is it? Who put it there? How did it come to be here in the school?”
She explains that the way in which the relic was discovered means the students have formed a strong bond with it.
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thecatholicherald.com
The discovery last week at St Vincent’s Secondary School in Glasnevin has gripped the imaginations of all involved – from the students and teachers at the school, to their families at home. It has also gripped the imagination of Fr William Purcell, a local relic expert known as “the Bone Collector”, who is now in Rome attempting to trace and verify the relic.
“The excitement comes from both the ‘Indiana Jones’ element and the religious importance too,” Máire Quinn, the school’s principal and a historian, told the Catholic Herald.
“We live in a time in which there is not a lot of wonder. For the students to have found something like this has generated so much excitement and questions: What is it? Who put it there? How did it come to be here in the school?”
She explains that the way in which the relic was discovered means the students have formed a strong bond with it.
Continued below.
Ancient relic of early martyr found in Dublin school sparks Vatican investigation
thecatholicherald.com
