Where is the Holy Grail kept?

Some claim the cup rests in the sewers of Jerusalem while others believe that the medieval Knights Templar took the goblet from Jerusalem during the Crusades and eventually secreted it away in New World locations ranging from Minnesota to Maryland to Nova Scotia. Some theorize it is even hidden inside Fort Knox.
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Has Holy Grail been found?

The Holy Grail is said to be located in various places, although it has never been found. Some believe it is located in Glastonbury in England, Somerset. According to some sources, the Knights Templars discovered the Holy Grail at the Temple in Jerusalem, took it away, and hid it.
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Who holds the Holy Grail?

Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous powers: providing eternal youth, or sustenance in infinite abundance, often in the custody of the Fisher King.
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Where is the Holy Grail that Jesus drank from?

Valencia Chalice

The Holy Chalice vessel, or Santo Cáliz, is an agate cup preserved in the Cathedral of Valencia. It is the object most commonly credited as being the actual Holy Grail used by Jesus during the Last Supper.
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Does Jesus have a bloodline?

There is no evidence that these beliefs derived from the much earlier Gnostic traditions of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but the Cathar traditions did find their way into many of the 20th-century popular writings claiming the existence of a Jesus bloodline.
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Does the pope have the Holy Grail?

Valencia's Holy Grail is recognised by the Vatican

Two Popes, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, have held mass in Valencia with the chalice.
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What was Jesus's wife's name?

Mary Magdalene as Jesus's wife

One of these texts, known as the Gospel of Philip, referred to Mary Magdalene as Jesus's companion and claimed that Jesus loved her more than the other disciples.
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When was the last time the Holy Grail was seen?

Recent Discovery

In March 2014, two Spanish historians claimed they discovered the Holy Grail at a church in León in northern Spain. They said the chalice had been there since the 11th century.
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Who found the Grail?

Despite this, Galahad is the knight who is chosen to find the Holy Grail. Galahad, in both the Lancelot-Grail cycle and in Malory's retelling, is exalted above all the other knights: he is the one worthy enough to have the Grail revealed to him and to be taken into Heaven.
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Where is Jesus crown of thorns?

The crown of thorns is said to be the wreath Jesus wore as he was crucified. It was acquired by King Louis IX in 1238 and has resided in Notre-Dame since the French Revolution.
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Did Jesus have a wife?

"Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, even though no reliable historical evidence exists to support that claim," King said in a press release.
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What happens if you drink from the Holy Grail?

According to Grail myth (or at least the parts of the myth that The Last Crusade adheres to), is if you drink from the Holy Grail, it will grant you immortality. The only catch is that you can't leave the temple it's housed in (otherwise known as passing through the Great Seal).
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Is the Holy Grail in the Bible?

Holy Grail

According to the Bible, "Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them [the disciples], saying, 'Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. '" Matthew 26:27-28.
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Is the Holy Grail a woman?

But he says the Holy Grail actually is there, on the right hand of Jesus. He says the grail is the figure to the right of Jesus — commonly thought to be John, but actually Mary Magdalene. Some versions of the legend of the Holy Grail say it was taken out of Jerusalem and hidden away in Europe for centuries.
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Is the Holy Grail in Ireland?

Fleeing from the Vikings, the monks brought the cup to Ireland. It's a fantastic story, but sadly, there is no historical basis for the existence of the Holy Grail, says Professor Clarke of NUI Galway, much less any evidence that the Ardagh Chalice might be it.
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Where is tomb of Mary Magdalene?

Outside Aix-en-Provence, in the Var region in the south of France, is a medieval town named Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. Its basilica is dedicated to Mary Magdalene; under the crypt there is a glass dome said to contain the relic of her skull.
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Did the Knights Templar ever find the Holy Grail?

Among the artifacts the Templars are said to have unearthed during their time on Temple Mount were the fabled Holy Grail, the Turin Shroud, the head of St.
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Is The Da Vinci Code true?

"The Da Vinci Code" is the fictional story of a conspiracy -- perpetrated by the Catholic Church and ongoing for 2,000 years -- to hide the truth about Jesus. Certain clues emerge through the works of Leonardo Da Vinci.
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What happened to Mary Magdalene after Jesus died?

According to Eastern tradition, she accompanied St. John the Evangelist to Ephesus (near modern Selçuk, Turkey), where she died and was buried. French tradition spuriously claims that she evangelized Provence (now southeastern France) and spent her last 30 years in an Alpine cavern.
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How many kids did Mary and Joseph have?

They may have been: (1) the sons of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph (the most natural inference); (2) sons of the Mary named in Mark 15:40 as "mother of James and Joses", whom Jerome identified with the wife of Clopas and sister of Mary the mother of Jesus; or (3) sons of Joseph by a former marriage.
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Does Spain have the Holy Grail?

Spain's Valencia Cathedral houses a relic that may be the Holy Chalice used by Jesus at the Last Supper – it has the right size, material, and history. The Holy Grail – the sacred cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper – is one of the most well-known symbols in Christianity.
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Do Catholics believe in Holy Grail?

We have found the Holy Grail; Jesus Christ gave it to the Church the night before He died and told the apostles to “do this in memory of me” (Lk 22:19). At every Mass the words of consecration make the Lord present in holy Communion, our sacramental source of nourishment and healing.
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Will the Ark of the Covenant ever be found?

Whether it was destroyed, captured, or hidden–nobody knows. One of the most famous claims about the Ark's whereabouts is that before the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem, it had found its way to Ethiopia, where it still resides in the town of Aksum, in the St.
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