ellephanta: “A bishop who held the relic—escorted by caribinieri with submachine
ellephanta: “A bishop who held the relic—escorted by caribinieri with submachine guns—said to a child who was kissing the silver vessel that contained the ampoules said to hold the blood of the patron saint of Naples: Don’t kiss the silver housing, kiss the glass, that’s where the sacred blood is!” From Josef Winkler’s novel Graveyard of Bitter Oranges, the miracle of the liquefaction of Saint Januarius’s blood. -- source link