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To: amihow
There is not one scintilla of evidence or documentation in that article

Is the below accurate and if not do you have a credible reference:

St. Teresa, who died in 1582, is an example of how obsessed earlier Catholics were with relics of the flesh. After her death, a priest cut off her left hand, from which he took a finger, wearing it around his neck for the rest of his life. Followers later removed her heart, right arm, right foot and a piece of jaw to display as relics in various sites.

This site confirms various body parts of St. Teresa are in various locations:

St Teresa

127 posted on 03/26/2014 10:27:40 AM PDT by redleghunter (But let your word 'yes be 'yes,' and your 'no be 'no.' Anything more than this is from the evil one.)
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To: redleghunter
This site confirms various body parts of St. Teresa are in various locations:

It's scriptural:

Judges 19:29
When he reached home, he got a knife. He cut up his concubine. He cut her into 12 pieces. He sent them into all of the territories of Israel.

132 posted on 03/26/2014 10:51:21 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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