Kent Navalesi, Ph.D.
An online course hosted by Medievalists.net
Thursdays, 1-2:30pm ET on Zoom, Jan. 22-Feb. 26, 2026
Fee: $149
This course examines sacred objects in the premodern Mediterranean world, with a focus on the Christian veneration of relics. Through primary sources and modern scholarship, learn the various ways people understood these objects' power and histories!
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Reliquary shrine of St. Genevieve
Paris, France

Reliquary Bust of St. Yrieix (c. 1220-1240)
The Met, NYC