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Severed Arm of Saint Edmund

Stonington, CT

A chapel at Enders Island preserves a mummified arm traditionally identified as a relic of Saint Edmund of Canterbury. The centuries-old human relic makes an unexpectedly macabre stop within an otherwise peaceful Catholic retreat setting; visitors should respect chapel rules and scheduled access.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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