“ Exhumation of the remains of a deceased person: Citizens Information page from Irish Local Government online.
Exhumation of the remains of a deceased person
The Thaumaturgy Department
thaumaturg
Main Entry: thau·ma·turg
Pronunciation: \ˈthȯ-mə-ˌtərj\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek thaumatourgos working miracles, from thaumat-, thauma miracle + ergon work — more at Theater, Work
Main Entry: thau·ma·turg
Pronunciation: \ˈthȯ-mə-ˌtərj\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek thaumatourgos working miracles, from thaumat-, thauma miracle + ergon work — more at Theater, Work
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Exhumation of the remains of a deceased person
Getting ready for the macabre fun that is McDonagh’s A Skull in Connemara, with Irish regulations regarding “Exhumation of the remains of a deceased person.”
“ On 30 January 1661, (symbolically the 12th anniversary of the execution of Charles I), Oliver Cromwell’s body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution…. His body was hanged in chains at Tyburn. Finally, his disinterred body was thrown into a pit, while his severed head was displayed on a pole outside Westminster Hall until 1685…. Afterwards the head changed hands several times, including the sale in 1814 to a man named Josiah Henry Wilkinson, before eventually being buried in the grounds of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1960.
Now that is some serious payback. And sets a new standard for disposing of formerly buried crania that some of the folks in A Skull in Connemara might want to heed.
Padre Pio relatives protest saint’s exhumation
Exhumation-related controversy in the Catholic community. As in Skull, it’s the Church looking to enact the exhumation and the family protesting.
Be sure to read to the end, or you’ll miss the best part - that is, the reason this guy’s a Saint…
