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Please note the three classes of relics:

Classes of Relics

1st Class Relic:

a part of the Saint (bone, hair, etc.) and the instruments of Christ's passion

2nd Class Relic:

something owned by the Saint or instruments of torture used against a martyr

3rd Class Relic:

something that has been touched to a 1st or 2nd Class Relic. You can make your own 3rd Class relics by touching an object to a 1st or 2nd Class Relic, including the tomb of a Saint.

3 posted on 06/23/2007 10:52:54 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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4 posted on 06/23/2007 10:55:20 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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Which class of relic is presented at the canonization of a new saint?


13 posted on 06/23/2007 2:37:39 PM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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