Journal for the Study of Antisemitism

ANTISEMITICA
Shrines, Holy Sites, and Festivals
“Honoring” the Jew of Legend
—Anderl (Oxner) von Rinn (Judenstein Austria) (d. 1462): “They [The
Jews] cut throat of the martyr and take all blood from him.” A cultus began
in 1621. [Feast Day July 12] Officially banned in 1994; some devout still
make pilgrimage (See Judenstein aka JewStone).
—Arna Christi (England): Display of The Passion includes “The Jews”
spitting at a dying Christ.
—Bertesgarten, Germany: Annual visitation of 150,000. Hitler’s birthday
celebrated.
—Bury St. Edmunds, England (d. 1181): Robert, a Christian child, was
murdered by “The Jews.” (Benedictine shrines at Norwich, Gloucester,
Bury, Lincoln.) The Bury or Cloisters’ Cross, a twelfth-century ivory relic
depicting the Jews as killers of Christ, is displayed at St. Edmundsbury
Cathedral, Suffolk, UK.
—Brussels, Belgium, St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral: Stained glass and
tapestry of antisemitic folklore.
—Conrad of Weissensee, Germany (d. 1303): Murdered by “The Jews.”
—Deggendorf, Germany (1338). Host Desecration festival honored until
1992, when Bishop Muller of Regensburg extinguished it and erected a
plaque correcting the falsified history. Visitations still occur.
—Dominic of Val/San Domenichino de Val, Spain (d. 1250): Altar boy of
Saragossa was allegedly ritually murdered by Jews. His body glowed in Seo
Cathedral, displayed in a brightly lit chapel for pilgrim visits. [Feast Day
August 31] The Little Dominic feast is celebrated throughout Aragon,
Spain. Sevilla’s St. Nicholas Church altar reads “Dominguito del Val, murdered
by Jews in 1250.“
—Deggendorf, Germany. Holy Sepulchre Church: Bleeding Host, believed
to be intact from 1137 to 1900. Display of tin plaque over crucifixion relief
of “godless Jews” removed in 1968. Host art has been removed from
Iphofen and morphed into a spiderweb grate since 1984. The Bishop of
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