Finding the Holy Foreskin
Begins at 37 min
Five years ago, journalist David Farley went to a tiny Italian village in search of the weirdest, most taboo relic in the history of the Catholic Church: the Holy Prepuce. The foreskin of Jesus Christ. Farley’s book traces the mythical journey of that sacred bit of flesh, from an angel’s hand, to a gift to Charlemagne, to Calcata, where it was last seen in a shoebox in the back of a priest’s wardrobe. From January 2011. Interview by Laura Kwerel.
Pictured: The circumcision of Christ, from a fresco in Bulgaria's Preobrazhenski Monastery.
David Farley, author of "An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's Oddest Town"
Web Extra: The Holy Foreskin, uncut
