In Rome, Relic Of St. Mary Magdalene’s Foot Points Way To The Vatican

By Hannah Brockhaus

As the stories of many ancient things go, the relic of St. Mary Magdalene’s left foot had been lost to memory for centuries before it was rediscovered in the year 2000.

For a little over a decade now, the bone fragments, which rest in a silver foot-shaped reliquary, have been displayed for veneration...