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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is a name for a reliquary head. There is a fine one of St. Candidus, of the 9th or 10th century, of wood plated with silver, preserved in a church of Geneva. One of St. Eustachius, from Basle, of the 13th century, is in the British Museum. At Chichester there was a chapel of St. Richard's Head.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Chef'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/chef.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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