Outrage as bone belonging to one of New Testament Bible's most famous figures is stolen from Utah church

A Salt Lake City Diocese is begging for a relic that belonged to 1 of nan astir celebrated New Testament figures to beryllium returned aft it was stolen. 

A bony part smaller than a fingernail belonging to Mary Magdalene was stolen from nan Cathedral of nan Madeleine successful Salt Lake City connected July 10. 

'It would beryllium a occurrence if it were returned,' Father Martin Diaz said successful a property release. 'We person a reasonably bully thought who took nan relic, and I don't judge he moreover remembers he was here.'  

Cathedral unit discovered nan relic was missing aft uncovering the reliquary - nan container that holds nan typical point - was shattered connected nan ground. 

The belief institution contacted constabulary and is presently offering a $1,000 reward for accusation regarding nan missing item. 

The religion has owned nan relic since 1918, and it is woven into a reddish cloth that is imprinted pinch a fleur-de-lis shape that was glued onto cardboard and placed wrong a bronze and solid reliquary, according to nan Salt Lake Tribune. 

The reliquary usually takes 'two group to move,' and Diaz says nan precious point has 'no monetary worth whatsoever.' 

'In that sense, it's some worthless and priceless astatine nan aforesaid time,' he told ABC 4. 'For us, location is nary value and it conscionable breaks your bosom to person thing that is truthful precious to nan organization just, successful a sense, desecrated.'

Although Diaz doesn't judge nan personification had 'any knowledge' of 'what they were doing,' he said nan missing relic has caused 'such wounded and symptom successful nan community.' 

Diaz is not hopeful nan relic will beryllium returned, but he is holding retired for a miracle. 

'Miracles hap each nan time,' he said, according to nan Salt Lake Tribune.  

DailyMail.com has contacted nan Cathedral of nan Madeleine for comment. 

The diocese's 2nd bishop, Joseph Glass, brought nan relic backmost from France successful 1918, alongside a 2nd relic that is from Christ's cross. 

But it's much than conscionable Diaz who misses nan typical relic, Cristina Rosetti, a belief studies expert, told The Tribune she was 'devastated' to perceive nan news and that it created a 'wound' for nan church. 

Although Diaz said nan religion could 'get different relic successful Rome,' he admitted that it wouldn't beryllium from Magdalene, arsenic those are uncommon to travel across. 

'We are losing a relationship to Bishop Glass, to our precious history,' he said.  

The Salt Lake institution is nan only cathedral successful nan state that is named aft nan devoted follower of Jesus. 

Mary Magdalene is simply a fig from nan New Testament of nan Bible and 1 of Jesus' astir well-known followers. 

Magdalene stayed pinch Jesus done nan crucifixion and was coming astatine his tomb. 

She was besides nan first personification Jesus appeared aft his resurrection.