Relics & Reliquaries: A Popular Devotion Opens at Museum of Religious Art of Fourvière

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Museum of religious art in the Fourviere Basilica in Lyon, southeastern France. 

FRANCE---For the believer, a relic is the last memory of a saint; it is also the promise of their closeness with God. In a way, it is the intercessor between the believer and God. To pray in front of a relic does not mean “to worship a piece of flesh”. To pray in front of a relic, one has to come with humility, beseech the help of a saint to speak to God. This exhibition presents the multitude of memories of intercessor saints: the communion of saints. The exhibition runs from March 21 until June 29, 2014, Museum of religious art in the Fourviere Basilica in Lyon, southeastern France. [link]