Saturday, 3 October 2026

Children’s shoes left on Bishop Erkembodo’s tomb in Saint-Omer Cathedral

In the cathedral, rows of children’s shoes stand on a stone tomb, beside candle stands, below a golden statue of a saint and memorial plaques.

Parents of crippled children leave children's shoes on the tomb of the medieval bishop Erkembode in the cathedral of Saint-Omer, hoping for the saint's intercession for their little ones' recovery. Erkembode's feast day is 12 April

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