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: A severed head alleged to belong to the patron saint of genital
: diseases will hit the auction block in Ireland Sunday.
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: Saint Vitalis of Assisi died 640 years ago, but the Italian
: Benedictine monk's encased head can now be yours. Auctioneer
: Damien Matthews of Matthews Auction Rooms estimates the ancient
: skull could fetch up to $1,650.
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: The 14th-century Saint reportedly performed miracles for
: sufferers of bladder and genital diseases.
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: As a youngster, Vitalis was sexually promiscuous and immoral, so
: to relinquish his sins he went on pilgrimages in Italy and
: Europe. He then became a Benedictine monk and chose to live as a
: poverty-stricken hermit. His only possession was an old
: container to get water.
:
: Matthews couldn't confirm it's actually the head of Saint
: Vitalis.
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