As we head into the Advent and Christmas season, a relic attributed to Saint Nicholas (the bishop who inspired Santa Claus) was stolen from a French basilica.
Allegedly, the bones within the relic were destroyed by the suspect.
The basilica’s principal relic remains safe, but the reported destruction of this fragment is simply the latest incident in the continuing assault on the Christian heritage that helped shape France.
Bone fragments attributed to Saint Nicholas — the fourth-century Bishop of Myra and the historical inspiration for Santa Claus — have been stolen from a prominent basilica in northeastern France, before allegedly being burned and crushed by the perpetrator.
The desecration took place at the Basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of Lorraine, located roughly 12 kilometres southeast of Nancy....
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