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Capsarium

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Capsius, Heinrich
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is the room in which the capsce containing relics were placed. Perpetuus of Tours (cir. A.D. 490), in his will, distinguishes a reliquary which be left to a friend from another gilded "theca" which was in his capsariam, and which he left to the Church.

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