Police Recover Remains of Pope Celestine V
Associated Press
L'AQUILA, Italy —
Police today recovered a 13th-Century Pope’s mummified remains that were stolen from a cathedral here three days ago.
The remains of Celestine V, who resigned in 1294 after a five-month papacy, were found in a plywood box hidden in the hollow of a cemetery wall 40 miles away, authorities reported. Police said they found the site by following suspected thieves, who got away.
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