Emmitsburg, Maryland - Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Emmitsburg, Maryland - Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

American saint entombed in an altar, not on display. Bone sales may or may not be permitted, depending on the will of Rome. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Emmitsburg, Maryland - Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

What a lovely place. Easy to find and beautiful grounds. One place to walk through is the cemetery for many of St Elizabeth Ann Seton's sisters. There are many headstones to view, the stations of the cross are installed in the walls enclosing this area and there is the mortuary chapel where St. Ann was originally interred. [Cris Swanlund, 10/19/2008]

[RA: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is not on display like other American saints.]

Emmitsburg, Maryland - Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

After making the arduous pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, $20 clutched eagerly in hand, I was informed that it is has been so decreed by Holy Mother Church that it is now sacrilege to peddle the bones and flesh of deceased saints.

Thus no First Class Relics are available at this or any shrine. They still sell Third Class, but all demons and undead I have meet merely scoff if you wave these in their face.

This is a blanket order from the Pope, so it will hold true at all shrines everywhere. If you just must have a First Class Relic for that bothersome Werewolf next door, try eBay, but expect to bid high. Best of luck. [StormRaven, 12/31/2004]

[RA: We hadn't heard about the Papal ban on Relic sales. Wonder what the bone shaving order of nuns in Rome is working on these days? Or perhaps, StormRaven, you didn't strike the gift shop staff as someone who would take good care of a First Class Relic...]