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“Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus.” So says the book the Winged Lion holds open for the Doge above the Palace Door. Two Venetian merchants stole San Marco"s body from Alexandria in 828 and brought it to Venice. The relics were interred in the Doge"s Chapel, and the Basilica was built as their final resting place. The Venetians claimed San Marco belonged to them because he evangelized Venice and prophesied the return of his bones to the city. The Alexandrians in Egypt claimed San Marco was theirs because he founded their church. Am I to believe that Truth can be manipulated? That Truth varies? That there is no Absolute? Ah, but I have seen the Winged Lion fly over the Bacino. And I have heard the Winged Lion sing as he stalks the brooding Night Waters. I know the truth of no absolutes. [A
