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❤️ Who stole the heart of Laurence O’Toole? This is the 800-year old heart of St O’Toole, a 12th Century Archbishop and Patron Saint of Dublin. It was stolen in 2012, and found 6 years later, undamaged, in the city’s Phoenix Park by Irish police following “an intelligence-led investigation”. The bizarre theft happened at Christ Church Cathedral and it’s believed the thief hid overnight in the cathedral before carrying out the heart heist. The heart-taker used cutters to prise open the iron bars protecting the wooden box holding the saint’s heart, then weirdly the individual lit two peace candles on the Trinity altar in the cathedral before leaving (they didn’t take anything else, not the gold candlesticks or anything from the altars that could have fetched lots of money.)
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Speaking at the time, the dean of Christ Church, the Very Reverend Dermot Dunne, described the relic as having “no economic value” but that it was a “priceless treasure that links our present foundation with its founding father”. The newly-recovered relic was handed over to the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin Dr Michael Jackson by Assisstant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy. (For those who don’t know, “Gardai” is the Irish police force.)
Apparently the heart was returned by the thieves because they believed it was cursed, and was responsible for the deaths – by heart attack – of some of their family and friends 🤷 #karma
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#bloodyvalentine #valentinesday #mybloodyvalentine #stolemyheart | Posted on 06/Feb/2024 03:56:24