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ANCIENT BYZANTINE PILGRIMS RING C.800-900 AD
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Item Number: 08-628
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After the fall of
the Roman Empire, Christianity spread throughout the Byzantine Empire
which occupied previously Roman areas surrounding the Mediterranean. A
pilgrimage to the Holy Land became a fundamental goal of every
Christian in the hope of strengthening his faith and attaining
immortality. Holy sites with Christian associations established shrines
for visiting pilgrims who were sold a variety of blessed objects
including flasks of holy water and crosses containing such sacred
relics as splinters of the true cross and fragments of Marys veil.
Following is a collection of those items dating 1000-1500 years ago.
Size 6. Narrow band with raised medial at the top. Oval top with hand cut cross and radial splendor marks. Excellent.
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