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Holy leftovers: a saint's finger bone outdrawing any cathedral built around it.
means Physical remains or possessions of a saint, or any object surviving from a venerated past.
from From Latin reliquiae, the remains, from relinquere, to leave behind — literally what stays when everything else departs.
Medieval economyRelics drew pilgrims, and pilgrims drew cash.
Suspicious mathEnough True Cross fragments existed to forest a hill.
Body partsSaints were frequently divided across many shrines.