Editing Holy Prepuce (section)

==Modern practices==
Most of the Holy Prepuces were lost or destroyed during the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] and the [[French Revolution]].<ref name = Farley/>

In the Italian village of [[Calcata#Holy Prepuce of Calcata|Calcata]], a reliquary containing the supposed Holy Foreskin was paraded through the streets as recently as 1983 on the [[Feast of the Circumcision]], which was formerly marked by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] around the world on January 1 each year. The practice ended, however, when thieves stole the jewel-encrusted case, contents and all.<ref name = Farley/> Following this theft, it is unclear whether any of the purported Holy Prepuces still exist. In a 1997 television documentary for [[Channel 4]], British journalist [[Miles Kington]] travelled to Italy in search of the Holy Foreskin, but was unable to find any remaining example. On December 22, 2013, National Geographic Channel broadcast a documentary starring Farley called "The Quest for the Holy Foreskin".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.springfilms.tv/portfolio/the-quest-for-the-holy-foreskin/ |title=The Quest for the Holy Foreskin |website=www.springfilms.tv |access-date=2025-03-05}}</ref>