Memento Mori
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2020
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Some things stick around long after we've forgotten about them, while other objects vanish before we can use them. Let's explore both types today.
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| 0:00.0 | Our world is full of the unexplainable. |
| 0:07.2 | And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, |
| 0:13.1 | just waiting for us to explore. |
| 0:16.2 | Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's. |
| 0:27.8 | For Henry, the abbots of a Sustertian monastery in the Chek town of Sedlick, it all started |
| 0:32.8 | with the crucifixion. |
| 0:34.5 | In 1278, King Odicaer II of Bohemia had sent Henry to Golgotha just outside of Jerusalem's |
| 0:41.2 | walls, where Jesus of Nazareth had been crucified. |
| 0:45.0 | Henry traveled there with one mission to bring a piece of the Holy Land back with him to |
| 0:49.3 | the monastery. |
| 0:50.6 | Once he arrived in Golgotha, he gathered up some of the earth at his feet and returned |
| 0:54.6 | to Sedlick, where he scattered the holy ground over the Abbey Cemetery. |
| 0:59.9 | The story of Henry's journey and his act within the cemetery spread throughout the town |
| 1:04.2 | and much of Europe. |
| 1:05.7 | To have the earth, Jesus had walked on so close by made the Sedlick Cemetery one of the |
| 1:10.4 | most popular burial sites around. |
| 1:13.2 | And many folks got their wish, as the Black Deaths spread throughout Europe in the 14th |
| 1:17.7 | century, and then wars of the 15th century sent scores of soldiers to their graves, the |
| 1:22.6 | Abbey Cemetery eventually reached capacity, more space was required to handle all the bodies |
| 1:27.8 | coming in. |
| 1:28.8 | So, a new Gothic church was erected right in the middle of the cemetery. |
| 1:33.5 | This church would have two levels, its upper level complete with vaulted ceilings would |
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