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Czech police find stolen skull of medieval saint encased in concrete
Man arrested after admitting to taking relic from church and planning to throw it in river, say police An 800-year-old relic believed to be the skull of Saint Zdislava, stolen this week from a Czech church , has been recovered encased in concrete as experts work to extract it, police have said. A suspect has been arrested, who allegedly confessed to taking the skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk from a glass shrine in the basilica of St Lawrence and St Zdislava in the town of Jablonné v Podještě…
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