ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns the shrines of the saints and the process of founding and moving them. The majority of miracles took place at the shrines of the saints, and this seems to have focused the attentions of hagiographers and pilgrims. People visited the shrines for a great many reasons, which could lead to problems of overcrowding and access, and all manner of supplicants came in search of the miraculous. These same people flocked to witness and take part in the movement of relics, whether permanently in translations or temporarily in processions. Just as supplicants competed for access to shrines, so, too, did different communities compete over the relics of the saints when they were translated. In the end, the tacit approval of the saint would be known by their acceptance of their resting place. At these resting places, people could meet with the saints and personally interact with them.
