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Part of some divine or saintly person, or
something closely associated with them.
Christian examples include the arm of St
Teresa of Avila, the blood of St Januarius,
and the True Cross. Buddhist relics include
the funeral ashes of the historic Buddha,
placed in a number of stupas or burial
mounds. In medieval times relics were
fiercely fought for, and there were a vast
number of fakes. The cult was condemned by
Protestant reformers but upheld by the Roman
Catholic Church at the Council of Trent in
the mid-16th century. Parallel nonreligious
examples of the phenomenon include the
display of the preserved body of Lenin in
Moscow, USSR.