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Christian feast day: Thorlac (relic translation)
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Saint Thorlak
Icelandic prelate and saint, bishop of Skalholt
Thorlak Thorhallsson is the patron saint of Iceland. He was Bishop of Skálholt from 1178 until his death. Thorlak's relics were translated to the Cathedral of Skalholt in 1198, not long after his successor, Páll Jónsson, announced at the Althing that vows could be made to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Translation (relic)
Movement of a holy relic from one location to another
In Christianity, the translation of relics is the ceremonial removal of holy objects from one place to another. Usually only the movement of the remains of a saint's body would be treated so formally, with secondary relics such as items of clothing treated with less ceremony.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)