19 Bejeweled Skeletons That’ll Blow Your Mind

[xchrom]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliapugachevsky/jewel-encrusted-martyr-skeletons-thatll-blow-your-mind

1. St. Maximus (Bürglen, Switzerland)


2. St. Konstantious (Rorschach, Switzerland)


3. Head relic of St. Deodatus (Roggenburg, Germany)


4. St. Vincentus (Stams, Austria)

[TwilightGardener]

1. Hell, even one would have blown it. Totally creepy.

[jberryhill]

2. Ah, catacomb saints

These are among my favorite features of baroque churches.

There was a lively trade in Rome pulling remains out of the catacombs, deeming them to be "Christian martyrs" and selling them to churches in need of relics.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Wow. Ann Coulter's geneology in pictures.

How weird is that?

[Triana]

13. +1 n/t

[Humanist_Activist]

4. Is it wrong of me to want one of these to be sitting on my couch in the living room? n/t

[Arcanetrance]

20. Not really I thought having the head on a coffee table would be a great decoration

and also lead to great conversations

[Motown_Johnny]

5. St. Konstantious looks like he is just lounging a bit

Pretty funny IMO, and a huge waste of money.

If someone isn't charging admission to gawk at that oddity, something is very seriously wrong.

[JHB]

9. Just chillin' for a weekend at Konstie's

[pinboy3niner]

6. The admins should give you a sternum warning about this!

Nah, I'm just ribbing you because I thought it would be humerus...

[xchrom]

7. !

[progressoid]

8. ...

[NBachers]

10. Dry Bones - The Ames Brothers

[Drunken Irishman]

11. That first one kinda looks like Sarah Palin.

[Kingofalldems]

12. St. Deodatus still has his eyes.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. I was kind of hoping those were glass...

...or something...

[BainsBane]

15. I'm so obsessed with jewelry

I don't even mind the skeletons.

[Brickbat]

17. So, so awesome.

I saw one in person once. Monstrous and gorgeous at the same time.

[aikoaiko]

18. They look krunk.

Chalis and everything.

[pinboy3niner]

19. The Medical Examiner testified that they didn't have a thing to krink

They were stone kober when he got them.