TIL that in England in the Middle Ages, a fugitive could claim sanctuary simply by touching the knocker on the outer door of a church to be immune from arrest.
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Sanctuary knocker | Medieval, Doorway, Decoration | Britannica
Sanctuary knocker, in architecture, knocker on the outer door of a Christian church. The sanctuary knocker could be a simple metal ring, which accounts for its other name of sanctuary ring, or it could be highly ornamental, as in the Norman example a…Encyclopedia Britannica
