These four religious sites claim to possess the remains of the biblical preacher’s skull. But is there any evidence?
Middle Ages: When Walon de Sarton, a priest from a church in Picardy, returned from the Crusades in 1206, he brought with him several holy relics—including the head of John the Baptist that he said he’d found in Constantinople. had inflicted a comparable woundWalon gave the head to the bishop, Richard de Gerberoy, in 1206.
The presence of John the Baptist's head in Amiens was not only essential, it was a boon for the local church. Such a esteemed relic made Amiens a prominent pilgrimage site as well as a location visited by members of the highest echelons of society.There are still other modern claims to parts of John the Baptist's head and body. Topkapi Palace in Istanbul claims to have John the Baptist's right arm, which he used to baptize Jesus, and.
Contested claims to the head of John the Baptist are just one example of how faith and myth around holy remains developed during the Middle Ages. Absent genetic data from a biblical or holy figure, it's likely impossible to ever definitively authenticate any relic, including those of John the Baptist.
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