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The Wild Tale of How John the Baptist’s Head Ended Up in France’s Largest Cathedral
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The treasures of Byzantium proved too great a temptation, even for a cleric who started out as one of the good ones.
R. Howard Bloch
Published
Dec. 23 2022
11:08PM EST
R. Howard Bloch
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