, in the cathedral of Thessalonika, Greece.]]A relic is an object, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of someone of religious significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of Buddhism, some denominations of Christianity, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other personal belief systems. The word relic comes from the Latin reliquiae ('remains'). A reliquary is a shrine that houses one or more relics. Christian relics in the hermit-church of Warfhuizen. The bone fragment in the middle is from Saint Boniface himself, the little folded papers on the left and right contain bone fragments of Saint Benedict of Nursia and Bernard of Clairvaux.]] History of Christian relics One of the earliest sources cited to support the efficacy of relics is found in :^20 Elisha died and was buried. Now Moabite

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