Oil of Saints

Oil of Saints

The Oil of Saints is a substance, which is said to have flowed, or still flows, from the relics or burial places of certain Roman Catholic saints.[1]

References

  1. ^  "Oil of Saints". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 



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