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Munditia is also a genus in the family Turbinidae.Saint Munditia (Mundita) is venerated as a Christian martyr. Her relics are found in a side altar at St. Peter’s Church (known as “Old Peter” Alter Peter) in Munich. They consist of a gilt-covered and gem-studded skeleton located in a glass case with false eyes in her skull which is wrapped in netting. Jewels cover the mouth of the relic’s rotten teeth.Her relics were translated to Munich from Rome in 1675 from the catacombs of Cyriaca.

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