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The cult of relics (body parts of saints) was integral to medieval Christianity, but it saw a second Golden Age during the Baroque period of the 17th century. Many medieval reliquaries (containers for relics), along with their contents, had been destroyed during the Protestant Reformation, so when a previously unknown catacomb was discovered in Rome in 1578, the remains of countless early Christians were reassembled, richly decorated with extravagant fabrics, gold, and gemstones, and dispersed throughout Northern Europe. Get to know these sparkling skeletal saints!