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Description The mediaeval Church of St Mary Assumed (Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta) in the small commune of Amaseno, Lazio, Italy, houses the famous reliquary of the ampulla containing claimed relics associated with Lawrence, namely a quantum of his blood, a fragment of his flesh, some fat and ashes

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