From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:51:41 -0500, William Hyde   
    wrote:   
      
   >James Nicoll wrote:   
   >> Nicked by M. T. Anderson   
   >>    
   >> A pious monk is dispatched on a mission about which he has serious   
   >> reservations: steal the bones of St. Nicolas.   
   >>    
   >> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/holy-fool   
   >>    
   >Anthony Boucher thought "The Quest for Saint Aquin" was is best story.   
   >   
   >This also involved a pair of searchers.  One holy one, one sarcastic donkey.   
      
   One of Westlake's Dortmunder novels (/Don't Ask/) involves attempts   
   (this is Dortmunder, after all) to steal the Femur of St. Ferghana, a   
   Holy Relic.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)