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In medieval times, religion controlled daily life. All the important events of life took
place in the medieval church - baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial.
Holy
Relics: To make each cathedral and each
little church in the land unique, each had its own holy relic. A holy relic
is something that belonged to or was touched by Jesus or a saint. A
treasured relic might be bone fragment or a tiny piece of the cross.
Tales
of miracles that supposedly happened because of the presence of a holy relic
were very popular. Since there were a great many parish churches and
cathedrals, some of the relics may not have been real, but all relics had a
story, and all were treasured.
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