"Votive Offerings is the general name given to those things vowed or dedicated to God, or a saint, and in consequence looked upon as set apart by this act of consecration. The idea is very old, for it springs from man's instinctive attitude towards the higher powers."
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Votive Offerings (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
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Bede Jarrett
Bede Jarrett (22 August 1881 – 17 March 1934) was an English Dominican.
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