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Saints

Whitefriar Street Church

Dublin, Ireland

Relics of St. Valentine at Whitefriar Street Church

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

St. Valentine's Many Heads, Assorted Parts

For a guy who's been dead for the better part of two centuries, St. Valentine sure gets around.

Annetta Black February 14, 2012

St. Valentine's Skull

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Roquemaure church

Roquemaure, France

Relics of St. Valentine

Celebrate the end of the Great French Wine Blight with a festival of kissing.

Bernadette in life

Zombie, Vampire or Saint?

Veronique Greenwood October 30, 2011

Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora.

Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechia

Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk

The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.

Reliquary of St. Foy

Conques, France

St. Foy’s Golden Reliquary

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

Halloween Day 11: Saints with White Hot Hammers

Colin Dickey October 11, 2011

Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cathedral

St. Herman's Reliquary

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

St. John Cantius Church

Chicago, Illinois

First-Class Relic of Padre Pio

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

Maria Stein, Ohio

Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics

One of the largest collections of holy relics in the country.

The streets of Geel, Belgium.

Geel, Belgium

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

The heart of Laurence O'Toole, upon its return to Christ Church.

Dublin, Ireland

Oddities of Christ Church Cathedral

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The wunderkammer-esque cathedral treasury of remains

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik Cathedral Treasury (Riznica Katedrale)

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

The Holy Right Hand of St. Stephen

Budapest, Hungary

The Holy Right

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Manna of St. Nicholas of Bari

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Shrine of Saint John Neumann

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.