Martyrs’ Tombs Belong to the Churches

“Again, as for the places that are honored as the resting places of the martyrs’ remains, and that remain memorials of their glorious departure: how can we doubt that they rightly belong to the churches, or hold back from giving our order to that effect? For surely there can be no better generosity, no work more pleasing or more profitable, than to be busy in this way under the guidance of the Divine Spirit, so that what unjust and wicked men took on false pretenses may be given back, as justice demands, and secured once more to the holy churches.