A niche for relics located near the altar.
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http://www.britainexpress.com/History/medieval/church-glossary.htm
(from the article `Patrick, Saint`) The best known passage in the Confessio, his spiritual autobiography, tells of a dream, after his return to Britain, in which one Victoricus ... A 9th-century record, the Book of Armagh, includes a work by Patrick himself, the Confessio (`Confession,` a reply to charges made by British ... ...
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/126
A type of crypt which consists of a series of linked passages. The most famous confessio crypt during the Middle Ages was that of Old Saint Peter's church in Rome, which contained the tomb os Saint Peter.
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http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM
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