Religious Artifacts found alongside Bones in Attic may be Relics of a Saint

A resident of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, has found what may be religious relics hundreds of years old in his attic. The man's daughter contacted a museum, an archaeologist, some nuns, a jeweler and a Catholic priest to help determine what they are.

The archaeologist Williston called, Chelsea Colwell-Pasch, contacted the Vatican and Interpol to identify the decorated objects, called reliquaries, that contain bones. The bones themselves are called relics.

When the nuns looked at the objects they told Kelly Williston, “Nuns made this,” Williston told the CBC. “So that was nice to hear,” Williston added. “I knew right away that there was something there. They don't look like Made in China ornaments.”