Elvis Presley
The Bible from his bedside table is being auctioned off
Elvis Presley was very religious.
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Elvis Presley fans have the chance to win a very special collector’s item: a Bible he owned is going under the hammer.
Bible probably comes from Graceland
According to the auction house The Bible is one of three books found on the night of Presley’s death by his cousin Patsy Presley and his father Vernon Presley (1917-1979). The Holy Scripture is said to have been on the singer’s nightstand next to his bed in Graceland.
The Bible contains a letter from his cousin in which she explains the situation where she was found. “Shortly after Elvis’ death, my Uncle Vernon (Elvis’ father) and I went into Elvis’s bedroom at Graceland to organize and pack up many of his personal belongings,” it says. She took the Bible home for “safe keeping” and later received permission from her uncle to keep it.
Elvis Presley was very religious
Elvis Presley, who died in 1977 at the age of just 42, was deeply religious. His stepbrother Billy Stanley even published a book about the musician’s faith, “The Faith of Elvis,” in 2022.
According to this, Presley is said to have prayed every day and before each of his concerts, to have read the Bible regularly and to have loved gospel music. “He relied on God for everything. That’s where he got his strength. Elvis was so grateful for what the Lord had given him. He thanked God every day and constantly sought God’s guidance through prayer and Bible reading,” Stanley said in an interview with the British newspaper “The Guardian”.