Having significant religious connotations, various theologians have queried the exact whereabouts of it, depending on which circumstances are believed concerning a famous individual's death. Various monarchs have claimed it in their possession, and it was once given as a wedding present. What is it, and why would one need a telescope, supposedly, to find it?

lanfranco

One of my favorites! The Holy Prepuce, or Foreskin, said by at least one imaginative guy to have become the rings of Saturn at the time of Christ's Ascension: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce Sep 21 06, 9:00 PM

peasypod

Yes, m'dear, one of my favourites too. A raised eyebrow could well be a stamp of approval, but a wedding gift?! Sep 21 06, 9:09 PM

lanfranco

Well, you know, the ring thing, St. Catherine, mystic marriage, and all that .... Catholicism is more fun than Grimms' Fairy Tales, no doubt about it. Sep 21 06, 9:19 PM

peasypod

Well yeah, the ring thing bit is obvious. It's the offering of vile, decaying human flesh that sorta springs to my attention... Sep 21 06, 9:29 PM

peasypod

'Human' in whatever way one might like to interpret that, of course. Sep 21 06, 9:30 PM

Arpeggionist

Kinda puts the famous scene from "Meet the Fockers" in perspective. Sep 21 06, 11:28 PM

lanfranco

I know an art historian who would argue that the whole point of the foreskin/circumcision bit was to emphasize the human aspect. I hadn't seen "Meet the Fockers," Arpy, so I had to look up that scene. Good grief. Sep 22 06, 6:59 AM