WEATHER RUINS RELICS
Precious relics of the patron saints of Paris, St. Denis and St. Genevieve, which have been suspended high above the Cathedral of Nbtre-Dame for the past three-quarters of a century, have been found to have been reduced to powder by long exposure to the elements. The relics were contained in a gilt copper box which was deposited inside the cock surmounting the spire of the cathedral, and were examined when the cock was taken down recently in the course of repairs to, the spire. When Abbe Lenoble, chaplain of Notre-Dame, opened the cock, he discovered that one side of the box had been corroded by the weather, and the contents- were completely ruined. The paper enveloping the relics had crumbled, making it almost impossible to read the names of the saints written on it, although the archiepiscopal seal was still in a fair condition. A small roll of papers, believed to be the record of the relics, was in such a bad state that nothing could be deciphered.
Abbe Lenoble declared that, in a month or two, when the cock has been repaired, new relics of the same saints will be placed in it, but this time enclosed in a leaden tube.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 155, 28 December 1935, Page 10
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205WEATHER RUINS RELICS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 155, 28 December 1935, Page 10
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