The small "treasure" of Saint Nicholas, which had been stolen three days ago, was found in fields outside the city of Bari. Two gold rings, a precious religious medallion, a silver cross and a book with three silver bullets had been taken from the statue of the saint in Bari's royal church.
The mayor of the city, Antonio Decaro, had called it "sacrilege" and a "huge insult to the entire city and its inhabitants."
A 49-year-old Tunisian man has been arrested and charged for this illegal act, but he does not admit responsibility. The sacred objects were found in an agricultural field by the Italian police.
"The recovery of these precious objects, of enormous symbolic value, gives us greater confidence at such a difficult historical moment," the Dominican friars of the Basilica of Bari wrote online. It is recalled that the relic of Saint Nicholas was brought to Bari from Myra in Lycia in 1087.
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