The Third Finding of the Venerable Head of the Holy Forerunner.
Because of the vicissitudes of time, the venerable head of the holy Forerunner was lost for a third time and rediscovered in Comana of Cappadocia through a revelation to a certain priest, but it was found not, as before, in a clay pot, but in a silver vessel, and “in a sacred place.” It was taken from Comana to Constantinople and was met with great solemnity by the Emperor, the Patriarch, and the clergy and people. See also February 24.
The above account is taken from the Great Horologion,
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