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From Papal Gift to Royal Fertility Charm, the Insane Story of Jesus’ Foreskin Candida Moss © Provided by The Daily Beast Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos via Getty If you were a Christian in the Middle Ages you could not enter a church without hearing a story about the saints whose relics were housed there. Everyone loved relics and there was fierce competition for possession of the remains of those closest to Jesus or most widely renowned for their holiness. Given that Jesus had ascended into heaven the closest you could get to the Savior was the body of one of his relatives or followers, right? Well, not exactly. There was one rather sensitive piece of Jesus’ body that some believed had remained on Earth: his foreskin.

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