Spain's patron saint laid out again after 1914 - bishop outraged - The Irish Catholic

Spain's patron saint laid out again after 1914 - bishop outraged - The Irish Catholic

A strange dispute has broken out in the diocese of Salamanca over the handling of St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Spain’s patron saint. The reason for this is the reinterment of her badly decomposed body for public veneration – an occasion last seen in 1914. Despite the lively response in the Alba de Tormes Basilica,… The post Spain’s patron saint laid out again after 1914 – bishop outraged appeared first on The Irish Catholic.