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The Wild Tale of How John the Baptist’s Head Ended Up in France’s Largest Cathedral

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The treasures of Byzantium proved too great a temptation, even for a cleric who started out as one of the good ones.

R. Howard Bloch

On the evening of Sept. 8, 1206, Walon de Sarton, a minor cleric who had participated in the crusader capture of Constantinople in April 1204, made an astonishing discovery.

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R. Howard Bloch

R. Howard Bloch

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