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Relics > Stone of the Anointing

Preferred term

Stone of the Anointing  

Definition

  • Legendary slab where Nicodemus anointed Christ's body after he was taken down from the Cross; venerated today in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Anointing, Stone of the
  • Stone of the Unction
  • Unction, Stone of the

Notation

  • 119413

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WJW76J26-V

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