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In Karen Amstrong's "Holy War" she briefly mentions people stealing and re-burying the bodies of saints, supposedly to "appropriate their powers" but doesn't go into any detail. Where could I read more about this?

by /u/rjkinc02 in /r/AskHistorians

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