This article offers a pedagogical approach to introducing undergraduate students to hagiology by comparing medieval sanctity to modern celebrity.The bodies of saints and celebrities are important loci for the Rapid Cooling Tools transmission of sanctity or celebrity from a person to the public Porcelain Hearts and for the continuity of identity.Examples include St.Faith, St.
Cuthbert, Kim Kardashian, and Marilyn Monroe.Using a comparative method allows students who are non-religious to better apprehend the unfamiliar practices and beliefs around the cult of saints and relics.