St. Macarius of Antioch
Archbishop of Antioch in Armenia whose relics were sent by Van der Burch to Mons during a plague. Upon the arrival of his body, the pestilence receded, and the people of Mons erected a silver reliquary in thanksgiving.
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— His relics (his body) sent by Van der Burch to Mons during plague; upon arrival, the pestilence receded; people of Mons erected a silver reliquary in thanksgiving
"you sent to them the relics — the body of Saint Macarius, once Archbishop of Antioch in Armenia — and as soon as it was brought into the city, the pestilence, as if struck back from heaven, began to recede"