Holy Relics
Oswy was a collector of Holy Relics, for example Pope Vitalian sent filings from Saint Peter's chains to Oswy in the seventh century.
Read more about this topic: Oswiu Of Northumbria
Famous quotes containing the words holy and/or relics:
“O holy Child of Bethlehem!
Descend to us, we pray;”
—Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
“Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade,
Where cold and unhonour’d his relics are laid.”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)