Jeweled skeleton of Saint Munditia, patron saint of spinsters
St. Peter’s Church, Munich, Germany
As you enter St. Peter’s church bear left, and halfway down the aisle you will find a glass coffin bearing the skeleton of Saint Munditia. Sewn into a transparent body stocking covered with gold and jewels, with glass eyes staring upwards, her remains have been here since their transfer from the Roman catacombs in 1675. She is believed to have been martyred in 310 AD, beheaded with a hatchet.
Once kept hidden in a wooden box, she was put on display in 1883. The patron saint of ‘spinsters’ she may have once been beautiful, (or maybe not) but today jewels cover her rotted teeth and her body is withered and brown with age. Each year a feast day is held in her honor complete with a High Mass and candle procession.
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Category: Relics and Reliquaries
Location: Muenchen, Germany
Edited by: spinkk, Dylan