The Tomb of Charlemagne

Taken from Daily Living For Seniors @ Oneplace.com
Around 200 years ago, the tomb of the great conqueror, Charlemagne, was opened. The workmen were shocked by what they saw.
His body, sitting upright, was clothed in the most elaborate kingly garments, with a scepter in his bony hand. And on his knees lay the Holy Scriptures, with a lifeless, bony finger pointing to Mark 8:36: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
Encyclopedia Britannica provides detailed info about this great conqueror.

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