Stolen Skull of Medieval Saint Hidden in Concrete, Say Czech Police
Police said the 800-year-old relic was found encased in concrete after the suspect admitted taking it from a basilica display.
- Czech police recovered the 800-year-old skull of Saint Zdislava, stolen from the Saint Lawrence and Saint Zdislava basilica in Jablonne, Podjestedi, after finding it encased in concrete.
- A 35-year-old man detained last Thursday admitted to the theft, claiming he disagreed with displaying the saint's remains in the basilica and wanted to bury it privately.
- Saint Zdislava was a 13th-century noblewoman canonized by Pope John Paul in 1995, whose remains became an important pilgrimage site for Czech Catholics.
- The suspect faces up to eight years in jail if convicted of theft, while experts work to extract the relic from the concrete for preservation.
- A handout image released on May 13 documented the skull before its recovery by police in the Czech Republic, as extraction from concrete continues.
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After catching the thief of the skull of Saint Zdislava, the police from Česká Lípa boasted that they used a non-standard method of interrogation to get him to tell them where he had hidden the relic. However, they refused to reveal the details. According to the findings of Novinky, they brought a rosary to his interrogation. They knew that the suspect was deeply religious. And despite his initial refusal, he eventually told them the hiding plac…
Someone Stole the Skull of an 800-Year-Old Saint From a Church in the Czech Republic
Stealing the 800-year-old skull of a beloved saint from a basilica in broad daylight really raises questions about whether your priorities are in line. There are better things to steal. Money, for instance. A candy bar. It also raises some questions of personal taste. If you’re stealing the thing, you had better not put it in an empty apartment next to the flat screen TV sitting on the floor. And yet these thoughts and more did not prevent such …
Relic of saint recovered after theft from Czech Basilica | Orthodox Times (en)
The skull revered as the relic of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk has been recovered after being stolen from the Basilica of Saint Lawrence and Saint Zdislava in the northern Czech town of Jablonné v Podještědí. According to Czech police, the 800-year-old skull was discovered encased in concrete after authorities detained a 35-year-old man on Thursday who admitted to the theft. Police director Petr Rajt stated that the suspect opposed the public displ…
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