Feb. 21st, 2006
Quote of the day
Feb. 21st, 2006 08:53 amBishop Hugh of Lincoln built up a relic collection of fabled size and quality. He needed frisking on leaving any shrine for he was always trying to break bits off bodies, on one occasion biting a fragment out of Mary Magdalene's arm before slipping it to his chaplain in classic pickpocket mode.
David Carpenter The Struggle for Mastery; The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284 p454