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St. John the Baptist
c. 1st century BCE -- c. 30 CE
Relic Head (multiple claimed locations)
Location Umayyad Mosque, Damascus; Amiens Cathedral; San Silvestro in Capite, Rome (among others)
Patronage Baptism, converts, epilepsy, Jordan, tailors
At least three churches claim to possess his head. The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus built a shrine over a head discovered during renovations in 1145. Amiens Cathedral received a face relic from the Fourth Crusade. The multiplicity has never been officially resolved.
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