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  • Centuries On, but Martyred Queen's Story Still Unfinished (St Ketevan)

    05/05/2007 3:35:50 PM PDT · by blam · 9 replies · 726+ views
    The Messenger ^ | 4-5-2007 | Anna Kamushadze
    Centuries on, but martyred queen's story still unfinished By Anna Kamushadze St Ketevan’s relics were found in the Augustine Tower in Old Goa, India The history of the mortal remains of St Ketevan, Queen of Georgia, is as tragic as her life was. The Portuguese missionaries who witnessed her death and protected her remains left no precise account of where the body of the saint, canonised shortly after her death, lay. Contemporary reports from England speak of her being laid to rest in Goa, India, then a Portuguese colony. A bone belonging to Ketevan is housed in the church that...