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Why is an ultimate goal called a ‘Holy Grail?’

By Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross

Several threads, including pre-Christian mythology, veneration of relics in Christian tradition, and medieval literature, have combined over the centuries into the Holy Grail metaphor of today.

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