Catholic Gems and Gold

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Skeletal Remains of Catholic Saints Dripping in Gems and Gold

"A relic hunter dubbed 'Indiana Bones' has lifted the lid on a macabre collection of 400-year-old jewel-encrusted skeletons unearthed in churches across Europe.

Art historian Paul Koudounaris hunted down and photographed dozens of gruesome skeletons in some of the world's most secretive religious establishments."

 

Bizarre.