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> but 17th century seems way too recent to be digging people up My SO recently visited her family tomb in France. It was gone. Lease lapsed, no more tomb. Last
by Swizec 3y ago
> but 17th century seems way too recent to be digging people up
My SO recently visited her family tomb in France. It was gone. Lease lapsed, no more tomb. Last person was buried there some 40 years ago. Church didn’t know who to contact to renew the lease, good bye.
- irrational 3y agoThat’s crazy! What do they do with the bodies?
- Swizec 3y agoOssuary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossuary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossuary I think this is fairly standard practice in much of Europe where space is scarce. Moreso in larger towns and cities than rural villages. It’s also why family tombs are common in the first place. My grandpa’s family, for example, has shared the same cemetery plot since before ww1. That’s how you fit a whole village into one little tiny church cemetery.