The mummified remains of a person known as the Crusader had been resting in the crypts of St Michan's in Dublin, the Irish Times reported. Thieves have decapitated an 800-year-old corpse at an Irish church and taken off with the head. The mummified remains of a person known as the Crusader had been resting in the crypts of St Michan's in Dublin, the Irish Times reported. HAND WILD/ VIA GETTY IMAGES The burial vaults of St Michan, in a photo taken in 1946. It was likely the church would have to close off the vaults and shut its tourist facility, he said.

Source: Stuff February 26, 2019 23:14 UTC