Religion: Saint's Body

St. Christine the Virgin—nearly 200 years ago her body was removed from the Roman catacombs to a monastery nearby. Having been presented by Pope Pius XI to the Rt. Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland, the body will be removed this month from Rome to the Catholic cathedral of Cleveland, Ohio.

Bishop Schremb's diocese had contributed largely to the "House of Catacombs" recently built outside the walls of Rome by the Pontifical Commission on Sacred Archaeology.

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