Editing Cilice (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Cilice3.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Closeup of a metal chain cilice with inwardly-pointing [[Tine (structural)|tines]]]]

In [[Thomas Pynchon]]’s 1997 [[Postmodern literature|postmodern]] historical novel ''[[Mason & Dixon]]'', upon arriving at a [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] college in [[Quebec]] the character Eliza Fields is dressed in a cilice by nuns as a sadomasochistic punishment after having admitted to feelings of sexual arousal during her prior capture by a group of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Phillips |first1=Mike |editor1-last=Alberts |editor1-first=Crystal |editor2-last=Paul Eve |editor2-first=Martin |editor3-last=Freer |editor3-first=Joanna |editor4-last=Pöhlmann |editor4-first=Sascha |title=Nose-gaping: The Smells of Mason & Dixon |journal=Orbit: A Journal of American Literature |date=2019 |volume=7 |issue=1 |doi=10.16995/orbit.768|doi-access=free |url= https://orbit.openlibhums.org/article/id/768/}}</ref> The spiked form of cilice, fashioned from a [[rose]] plant, that Pynchon’s character experiences appears to be based on those used by the 20th century [[Opus Dei]]. The cilice has been interpreted as a deliberate narrative device to muddy the historical accuracy of the novel and point to the relevance of [[Slavery in the United States|historical slavery]] in the contemporary United States.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Madsen |first=Deborah Lea |title=Captivity without Redemption: Pynchon's Allegories of Empire in Mason & Dixon |journal=Pynchon Notes |date=2016 |url= https://access.archive-ouverte.unige.ch/access/metadata/6a2947d5-013c-40f6-b86f-5fbbf7e944ea/download |publisher=[[University of Geneva]]}}</ref>{{ref|Alpha|α}}

In [[Dan Brown|Dan Brown's]] novel ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', one of the [[Antagonist (literature)|antagonists]], an [[Albinism|albino]] [[Types of membership of Opus Dei|numerary]] named Silas associated with the religious organization Opus Dei, wears a cilice in the form of a spiked belt around his thigh. The sensationalized depiction in the novel has been criticized for its inaccuracy in subsequent books and by Opus Dei itself, which issued a press release responding to the movie's depiction of the practice, claiming "In reality, they cause a fairly low level of discomfort comparable to fasting. There is no blood, no injury, nothing to harm a person's health, nothing traumatic. If it caused any harm, the Church would not allow it."<ref name=barrett/>{{sfn|Allen|2006|pp=162–163}}

The goat hair of [[Thomas More]], presented for safe keeping by Margaret Clement,<ref name="r6">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia= Catholic Encyclopaedia |title= St. Thomas More| url= http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689c.htm}}.</ref> was long in the custody of the community of Augustinian canonesses who until 1983 lived at the convent at [[Abbotskerswell Priory]], Devon. Some sources, including one from 2004, claimed that the shirt was then at the Martyr's church on the Weld family's estate in [[Chideock]], Dorset.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpATDQAAQBAJ&q=thomas+more+relics+hair+shirt+Chideock+castle&pg=PT56 |title=Little Book of Dorset |author=David Hilliam |publisher=History Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7524-6265-3}}{{page needed|date=October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjyc9bPITKgC&q=thomas+more+relics+hair+shirt+Chideock+castle&pg=PA42 |title=Shrines of Our Lady in England |author=Anne Vail |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=0-85244-603-9 |page=42}}</ref> In 2011 the shirt was put on public display at [[Buckfast Abbey]], near Buckfastleigh in Devon.<ref name=caldwell>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/st-thomas-mores-hair-shirt-now-enshrined-for-public-veneration/37221|title=St. Thomas More's hair shirt now enshrined for public veneration |author=Simon Caldwell |date=21 November 2016 |publisher=Catholic Telegraph}}</ref>