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Access to the bodies of saints were made easier by placing them in shrines round which the faithful could file in an orderly manner. - either in a crypt or behind the high altar in cathedrals. The shrine of St Edward the Confessor in the Westminster was constructed in such a way that the worshippers could literally crawl inside and touch the coffin. It is illustrated in the miniature from a 13th-century English manuscript.
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