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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
That's what they say. It is also in the Vatican's basement. There was a story that Martin Luther made a pilgrimage to Rome to see the Vatican. While he was there he viewed the holy relic of John the Baptist's head. On his way home to Germany he met a priest who stopped Luther, and wanted to show him a holy relic which was in the priest's possession. the priest said it was John the Baptist's head. Martin Luther quickly assured the priest that while in Rome, he had viewed the head of John the Baptist! The priest smiled, and said, yes, you have. That was John the Baptist when he was old. The head I have is John the Baptist when he was young.
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Sounds like a Monty Python skit.
