Museum Catharijneconvent
Religious art museum in a former convent, spanning medieval relics to modern Christian art.
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This guide to Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht follows one object in its collection: a piece of cloth tied to Cunera, a saint venerated in the river town of Rhenen. It moves between the Reformation of the sixteenth century and a medieval legend of a princess, a king of the Rhine and his jealous queen. Pilgrims at a yearly horse fair and the ailments people brought to this saint are part of the story too.
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