1961:"A ____ for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Walter M. Miller's acclaimed SF classic 
A Canticle for Leibowitz opens with the accidental excavation of a holy artifact: a
... [DOC] [TLE] A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders - The New Yorker [PAR] Oct 22, 2014 ... ... who participated in the bombing of Monte Cassino was a young radio operator 
and tail gunner from Florida named Walter M. Miller, Jr. Miller,... [DOC] [TLE] A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.