Throughout the years the Roman Catholic Church has found the bodies of some of their saints to be incorrupt. When this happens, the body is often put on display (quite often they are put inside a Church altar with a glass front). This is a list of the most famous incorrupt saints. You can read a much more indepth article with a photo and video gallery of incorrupt corpses here.
1. Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, Died 1879 [Wikipedia]
St Bernadette was born Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France. From February to July 1858, she reported eighteen apparitions of “a Lady.” Despite initial skepticism from the Roman Catholic Church, these claims were eventually declared to be worthy of belief after a canonical investigation. After her death, Bernadette’s body remained “incorruptible”, and the shrine at Lourdes went on to become a major site for pilgrimage, attracting millions of Catholics each year.
2. Saint John Vianney, Died 1859 [Wikipedia]
St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney (May 8, 1786 – August 4, 1859) was a French parish priest who became a Catholic saint and the patron saint of parish priests. He is often referred to, even in English, as the “Curé d’Ars” (the parish priest of the village of Ars). He became famous internationally for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish due to the radical spiritual transformation of the community and its surroundings.
3. Saint Teresa Margaret, Died 1770
n March 19, 1934, Pope Pius XI entered Blessed Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart in the register of saints. In Germany, the new saint is virtually unknown outside of the Carmelite Order. Her life was quiet and hidden. She died on March 7, 1770 at the age of 22, and of this short lifespan, she spent five years in the Carmelite monastery in Florence. She performed no brilliant, attention-getting deeds, nor did her reputation reach the wider world. She spent her life living quietly and with virtue.
4. Saint Vincent de Paul, Died 1660 [Wikipedia]
Saint Vincent de Paul studied humanities at Dax with the Cordeliers and he graduated in theology at Toulouse. Vincent de Paul was ordained in 1600, remaining in Toulouse until he went to Marseille for an inheritance. On his way back from Marseille, he was taken captive by Turkish pirates to Tunis, and sold into slavery. After converting his owner to Christianity, Vincent de Paul was freed in 1607. Vincent returned to France and served as priest in a parish near Paris. n 1705 the Superior-General of the Lazarists requested that the process of his canonization might be instituted. On August 13, 1729, Vincent was declared Blessed by Benedict XIII, and canonized by Clement XII on June 16, 1737. In 1885 Leo XIII gave him as patron to the Sisters of Charity.
5. Saint Silvan Died circa 350
There is little known about Saint Silvan except that he was martyred (killed for his faith). Considering his body is over 1,600 years old, it is remarkably preserved.
6. Saint Veronica Giuliani, Died 1727 [Wikipedia]
Saint Veronica Giuliani (Veronica de Julianis) (1660-July 9, 1727) was an Italian mystic. She was born at Mercatello in the Duchy of Urbino. Her parents, Francesco Giuliana and Benedetta Mancini, were both of gentle birth. In baptism she was named Ursula. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, she showed signs of sanctity from an early age. Her legend states that she was only eighteen months old, she uttered her first words to upbraid a shopman who was serving a false measure of oil, saying distinctly: “Do justice, God sees you.”
7. Saint Zita, Died 1272 [Wikipedia]
Saint Zita (c. 1212 – 27 April 1272) is the patron saint of maids and domestic servants. She is also appealed to in order to help find lost keys. Zita often said to others that devotion is false if slothful. She considered her work as an employment assigned her by God, and as part of her penance, and obeyed her master and mistress in all things as being placed over her by God. She always rose several hours before the rest of the family and employed in prayer a considerable part of the time which others gave to sleep.
8. Saint John Bosco, Died 1888 [Wikipedia]
Saint Don Bosco, born Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco, and known in English as John Bosco (August 16, 1815 – January 31, 1888), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and recognized pedagogue, who put into practice the dogma of his religion, employing teaching methods based on love rather than punishment. He placed his works under the protection of Francis de Sales; thus his followers styled themselves the Salesian Society. He is the only Saint with the title “Father and Teacher of Youth”.
9. Blessed Pope Piux IX, Died 1878 [Wikipedia]
Pope Pius IX (May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from his election in June 16, 1846, until his death more than 31 years later in 1878. Pius IX was elected as the candidate of the liberal and moderate wings on the College of Cardinals, following the pontificate of arch-conservative Pope Gregory XVI. Initially sympathetic to democratic and modernizing reforms in Italy and in the Church, Pius became increasingly conservative after he was deposed as the temporal ruler of the Papal States in the events that followed the Revolutions of 1848.
10. Blessed Pope John XXIII, Died 1963 [Wikipedia]
Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes PP. XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963), was elected as the 261st Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City on October 28, 1958. He called the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) but did not live to see it to completion, dying on June 3, 1963, two months after the completion of his final encyclical, Pacem in Terris. He was beatified on September 3, 2000, along with Pope Pius IX, the first popes since Pope St. Pius X to receive this honour.
You can read a much more indepth article with a photo and video gallery of incorrupt corpses here.
wow cool don’t know what else to say
from Wikipedia: “…although the body of Pope John XXIII remains in a remarkably intact state, after its discovery, Church officials quickly pointed out that the pope’s body had been embalmed and that there was a lack of oxygen in his sealed triple coffin, lest the public mistakenly fall under the impression that John’s body had been incorrupt due to supernatural reasons.”
This is how you know that the church is honest and does not make this up. If only non-believers would make an authentic attempt to know the faith and its graces.
i fell kind of dumb asking but,whats an incorrupt body.
James, I wondered the same thing.
that’s really something
so are those pictures what their bodies actually look like right now? I always thought that they had just naturally mummified. I thought that they would all look like #7. St. Zida?
That is what they look like. They put wax over the face and hands to deceive you. These bodies are no more uncorrupted than the Egyptian mummies
What bollocks you speak of, Egyptian mummies had their inner organs removed and their skin dried. These bodies were discovered in their tombs as they appear, untouched even before burial. Their joints are still flexible and their internal organs are still intact, don’t speak out of your arse ostego.
Read up on it yourself. Most of these “better-looking” bodies are sporting wax masks and gloves because of how “emaciated” and “discolored” they looked when they hauled them up out of the ground or wherever they were originally interred. They’re better suited to be lying on display in Madame Toussaud’s than in a church.
How do you explain those such as Saint Silvan?In his time, no good preservation method had been developed therefore you would be labeling believers that they were stupid.When a body is exhumed and found incorrupt, the next thing done is checking other surrounding corpse and even the church officials will point out if it is embalmed not immediately after studying it.Why would the church deceive people anyway?for art?Scrutiny minded scientist have studied these bodies and yet no valid explanation has been made.In the case of partial corruption, it is a sign of divine preservation for just as Jesus had the wounds even after his resurrection, the sign that he still had the wounds prove he was still executed and in the case of incorruptibles the sign that there are partial decompositions at times prove that the bodies were subject to natural decomposition but was protected from it. Besides, if the wax mask is meant for deceptive purposes, would St. Zita not be wearing one or would it not be so obvious that “duh” they are hiding a decomposed face? It is better to make an authentic attempt to understand something than speculate based on prior biases alone.Besides, wax has not been proven to be preservative or embalming in nature and the wax mask is not on all the totally incorrupt because they looked good before they were displayed in the first place.
James, Emily, incorruptables are exactly what they sound like – their bodies don't corrupt or decompose. To believers, it's a sign of god's grace.
That’s something the article should have made clear.
bryan, you should know that. you’re a catholic. it does not need to be made clear
rope: it is true that John XXIII was embalmed – I think he was the first Pope to be embalmed in fact. But I think his body has been in the open air for over a year now with no effect so it is probably that he is incorrupt. Time will tell for sure. It is important to note that most people who are buried are embalmed – it doesn’t stop the corruption of the body, it just slows it.
Sandra: that is what they look like now – which makes the 1,600 year old one even more incredible. And St Bernadette is incredible too. You can go to the Churches that the bodies are in and see them anytime.
Completely false. St. Bernadette is wearing a wax mask on her hands and feet, due to blackened skin and sunken eyes and nose. The attending physician at her 3rd exhumation even stated that the body was “mummified”. The same is true for the others who appear “incorruptible” as they are wearing max masks to simulate natural repose. The bodies are actually shriveled and dried up, mummies, in other words. Padre Pio’s mask is actually silicone. St. Zita’s corpse is what a mummified saint actually looks like.
And St. Silvan is actually an effigy and his actual remains are underneath the effigy. Relics, they are. Incorruptible by the Church’s own standards? No. They must remain flexible and there be no signs of decomposition.
lol and to think im catholic school educated ,they didnt teach us this , or maybe it was one of the days i wagged or spent in the head nun’s office
Truly amazing and interesting.thx
Asta: you are welcome! I think this sort of thing is much more widely known in Europe as most of the Saint’s above are from there. It would certainly make an interesting basis for a European tour!
Ok someone’s got to say it :
“I see dead people.”
Andre: haha – well done
Wow, that’s amazing, I hadn’t heard of this phenomon. Being largely skeptical of the church by nature, what are the arguements against it?
Kelsi: there aren’t any really – I guess sceptics would just say that it is a naturally occurring phenomenon that happens occasionally.
BTW everyone: excuse the funny ordering of the comments – I changed the timezone of the site today – all should be well by the end of the day.
although that argument is debunked by the fact that the case is not the same for surrounding corpses exhumed
# 5 is insane…I’ve seen the first one, but never knew there were more like it. Great list!
Dan: yeah – you can even see the wound that killed him. How incredible is that.
The photo of St. Bernadette is a bit misleading. From the Wikipedia article:
“A precise imprint of the face was molded so that the firm of Pierre Imans in Paris could make a light wax mask based on the imprints and on some genuine photos. This was common practice for relics in France, as it was feared that although the body was mummified, the blackish tinge to the face and the sunken eyes and nose would make an unpleasant impression on the public. Imprints of the hands were also taken for the presentation of the body.”
Though I do agree that it is an amazing phenomenon. I’m surprised that I’d never heard of it before.
Marcy: that is true – though it is only a light wax film used in the same way makeup would but much longer lasting.
I was going to mention the wax look of St. Bernadette. Dont you think thats a bit vain of the church to keep the living beauty intact in such a way? Who’s to say what sort of decay underneath would have occured by now. #4 has a similiar waxen look. I notice they are all sealed too. Anyway I’m not debunking, considering the age of the saint’s remains.
christian: I think that it is considered a miracle regardless, but as so many people flock to see the bodies, they are on constant display and need protection from the light and air – incorruptibility does not protect against air-born funguses for example. The wax serves this purpose. They are definitely not corrupting underneath – if so – the smell would give it away.
I can’t get over how they are so well kept, especailly the one that is 1600 years old.
These are a little creepy. But I would love to actually see them, not for faith based reasons, but just because they’re so odd. I’ve never heard of this before, but it seems like a really strange practice.
/Throughout the years the Roman Catholic Church has found the bodies of some of their saints to be incorrupt./
But how are the bodies found to incorrupt?
Briarrose1: I agree – amazing.
B: In the cases of the older ones, it is sometimes discovered when the bodies must be moved to a different place for protection. In modern cases the Church routinely opens coffins of people that have had miraculous lives 50 years after their death. It is not a case of finding by mistake and making the person a saint, but rather checking to see whether a saintly person has also been protected from corruption in death. The case of St Bernadette was interesting – not only did she not corrupt, but her body after death exuded the smell of roses for a long time. I am not sure if it still does.
whoa… i’d love to see some of these in person.
Gr8flDdFn: It is probably not hard to organize if you are going on holiday to Europe.
I didn’t drop by Mao’s tomb in Tianenmen square, but I heard Mao is laying there looking a lot like a wax figure… which could actually be the case a-la ripley’s believe it or not.
Kelsey: he was preserved intentionally to preserve the memory of the revolution. I am sure that left to nature, he would have rotted quite promptly!
Amazing that so many of you accept this without question.
Discovery channel had a show a while back where scientists checked these bodies. While the church did not allow all of them to be checked the ones that were checked were found to be preserved and/or waxed.
Discouraging that supposedly educated folks are ready to discard physics and common sense and accept the mystical so readily.
Bob: The Church does not allow things considered sacred to be played around with – it is not a conspiracy – it is devotion. The fact remains, these bodies were dug up 50 years after their deaths and found to be incorrupt. It seems more unusual and unscientific to me that you would presume that there is a big conspiracy to trick people in to believing. You might enjoy the top 10 top conspiracies post.
I don’t believe I mentioned conspiracy at all.
My focus is on the blind obediance to dogma that so many religious people have.
The church has fostered ignorance for centuries.
It’s very simple when you have so many gullible followers. When people get too curious all investigation is stopped in the name of preserving the sanctity of the faith.
Ask questions damn it! Why shoudn’t your belief
stand up against strong investigation.
Ah yes, it may qualify as a sin if you ask the wrong questions.
Discovery channel also seems to promote conspiracy theories and although you did not mention the word, you implied it(I exchanged money for a bag which is now mine;transaction was nor mentioned but that is what it is)If you claim that the information from the channel is authentic then cite something else more credible such as a newspaper article or a professional website than discovery channel. The wax thing is so obvious would people not know if that was used for preserving the bodies?what you see on Wikipedia is the waxed form and what is on this site is the real thing. Besides, these bodies are studied upon exhumation and the way they appear is remarkable compared to those that surrounded in the graveyard or crypt or wherever. Feel free to ask questions and you will have authentic answers but don’t make your questions bashful if you are only scrutiny minded because you are answering questions based on your preconceived notions and answering based on incomplete and flawed information.
Bob: it is not sinful to ask questions
The conspiracy that I was claiming you adhere to is the one that organised religions try to intentionally deceive people. I find it hard to believe that every person in a position of power in an organised religion is trying to trick people for their own gain. Surely there must be some who are acting for what they believe to be the good of the people?
I don’t believe that every person in every religion is trying to pull the proverbial wool over believer’s eyes, but Lourdes has been likened to the “Roman Catholic Disneyland”. In a village of approximately 15,000 residents, they receive 5,000,000 pilgrims annually, who spend their money in neon signed shops. Unfortunately, organized religions the world over have too many groups & individuals who are taking advantage of people’s innate desire to believe in something purer then the daily sufferings & horrors that we experience & create as a race. As a woman of science, I find it very difficult to believe that these bodies are truly incorrupt, frankly because it is near neigh impossible to keep human avarice & greed out of the equation. I guess I’m a “Doubting Thomas”; unless I could examine them myself, or see completely independent evidence of the fact, I can’t believe. Points were made that “There is no smell of decay” around the corpses”, yet then it’s stated that they are sealed in the containers to protect them (hermetically sealed?), then that some exude the smell of roses… Scientific fact: After varying time frames (variable by envirment a corpse is left in), once 90% of the moisture of the decendant has evaporated, there is no smell of decay, although a vaguely “musty” smell can be detected. Although modern hermetic chambers weren’t availible at the time of the earlier saints, a well sealed coffin (afforded by the very rich or extremely notable, IE important people of state or church) would & will act as such. Many “natural” cleanings of the body (IE frankinsence & myrrh, like the three kings of old brought to baby Jesus as a gift, were highly
valued for their primative embalming qualities) would help reduce “normal” decay significantly. I have seen amazing things happen to the human corpus before & after death, & I have yet to see something that was completely scientifically unexplainable. Is there something to this? Very possibly, but prettifying the corpses so as not to offend pilgrim’s delicate sensibilities smacks of fraud. Saint Zina is a normally reduced corpse, who’s remains have been held in reverence & ideal enviromental surroundings to further preserve the remains. Were these individuals saintly by their behaviour while alive? Most probably. Venerate them for their acts, not the empty shells they left behind.
JF: Thats why I fancy myself as a humanist.
Bob: I have faith 1: That gravity will keep me on the ground.
2: That Modern Religion is just a bunch of tripe.
3: That there is something Greater than me.
No matter how much any of these things Prove later on to be false, I still have Faith enough to believe them. Science can’t understand it, I can’t rationalize it. It’s not a sin to ask 1: Why I fall 2: Why they fall or 3: How high you can fall from.
Crimanon: I wouldn’t really consider myself to be a humanist – but it is good that you have an idea of who you are and what you believe – and better that you are so confident in those beliefs!
I agree with you Bob S. -All believers will always try to ignore the purposes of science, even more when its about something that may prove their beliefs are wrong.
Crimanon i don’t really understand why would you believe in something after is proven false, i don’t think is a very good thing to hold on something that is wrong, maybe you cannot rationalize it, but to find the truth you gotta find whats false first.
jfrater is true that religion nowadays is loosing the power it used to have time ago, i can say that many people have change their minds towards religion during the last century, maybe because science has shown us many answers that religion used to barely explain or simply deny…
At the core, science is not at war with religion but are in harmony. The father modern genetics was a monk and the formulator of the Big Bang theory was a priest. Some of these bodies undergo partial incorruption showing that they were not embalmed but were subject to rot. At the core people are abandoning religion because they know they would have to give up “living life to the fullest(that’s the reference to drinking and casual ***** among other things)” if they should acknowledge the existence of God. Treating science and religion like a buffet and taking what seems to(but does not) flaw religion and taking what the scriptures support if its in your favor is what people do. Make an authentic attempt to know both because at the end of our lives, religion grants supernatural happiness and people who do not adhere to it look solely for earthly happiness.
…Science is based in facts, religion is based in faith. i’m just wondering where i can find the truth!!
by praying and getting back a relationship with god i was like you for a long time now i am very happy about everything i had a lot of problems still have but when you get jesus back they fade away. i am not good living but i am trying to not to over indulge like idid before and jesus is helping me. prayer is the power and his glory will make u understand but didnt happen over night and is a one day at a time thing sometimes
What a huge ass sentence.
At the core, religion and science are not in conflict but are in harmony. All truth comes from God ultimately
Anyway the mummies are cool!!
hhloguin: thanks for your comments. You should note that these aren’t mummies btw, a mummy is a body preserved by embalming and drying, these bodies are not dried or embalmed which puts them in a different category
hholguin: 1: Gravity is false, means nothing, doesn’t really exist. Something is keeping me on the ground.
2: Modern religion is Fact. Ok, glad I believe in something, Bigger than me.
3: GOD IS DEAD… but if religion is True then ??? can’t be, and I’m still right.
I’m getting a real kick out of this. Do you actually believe me Pious? Do you find my thoughts Christian? Even if God is dead, arn’t there still things in this Universe that are greater than us??? Move into Intellegent Design… We were put here by aliens. XENU the Terrible deposited Our souls here so that we may inhabit this….Crap, I hate them!!!!!! I read Quantum Physics for fun. Give me the Ultimate Equation, and then I’ll tell you Gods home address.
I am not exactly sure where you are going with this but God is alive. In fact he himself is Life.
We can’t handle the truth.
“The truth is out there”…
I know that religion “was” the only source that mankind had to socialize and organize communities thousands of years ago, when philosophers were trying to find answers for their questions, and knowledge was very poor. At that time they couldn’t find any answers but “God”, for any question God was the answer. At that time fear of God helped to control man’s primitive instincts and it was completely worthy.
Today we have learn the lesson, now we have answers. Today God is not giving anymore answers, also instead of socialize and organize communities it is destroying and dividing the world, is like hundreds of different religions fighting each other, i guess is not doing any good anymore.
Crimanon: i know God’s home address, but i don’t go visit anymore. I know there is greater things than us in the Universe, but we should worry about us not them, i think they don’t even care about us, maybe we still way too primitive to find the answer. i think the Ultimate Equation could be: ( Man -God + Knowledge = Truth ) I would like to recommend you to read “Thus Spake Zarathustra”by Friedrich Nietzsche, its a great book, great philosopher, it will open your mind a little further.
How would you know….the fenomenon is called saponiffication where body fat turns in soap like substance and in that way preserves them from mold and decay. However some inbalming liquid is put on the skin of Saints to prevent rotting. Think how old some of them are and ask you self why only religious people get in this condition. Most interesting thing about all of this is that some of this Saints stil retain internal organ which are so well preserved that they apear if the pearson has passed away only recently.
Fascinating stuff. It should be noted, though, that this phenomenon isn’t limited to the Catholic religion.
Well ancient churches prior to their break off from the church also claim this phenomenon to be theirs also but no exhumed bodies have been found to be from those churches after the split from the church.There has been only one case of incorruption in Buddhism but it was quickly pointed out that it was embalmed similar to one of the popes.
im glad someone has finally talked about incorrupts! im amazed by it, too. im catholic, but i dont base my entire faith on this, though I do believe it to be a miracle, and quite interesting. the only incorrupt i know to be in the USA is Mother Cabrini in NYC. i long to go to europe and dedicate an entire trip to seeing them all. it’s just interesting to me. i’ve been planning a trip also to view 1st class relics in europe. and sample all the food! so much to see with so little money!
melissa: I know what you mean – I had a lovely holiday to Venice earlier this year and the religious artefacts and the food is outstanding. It would be well worth your while making the trip sometime.
Melissa: I too am amazed with incorrupts, also I am Catholic. St. Bernadette was my patron when I was confirmed. I would love to go visit her someday, and have long thought about a trip to see so many amazing places. Someday…
Well I am a skeptic by nature but I will say this, having been to Croatia, I can say that ST. Silvan moves me. I can’t stand modern organized religion and I don’t mean to offend anyone when I say that. It’s just that too many bad people have taken what should have been good practices and turned them into something useful to them. I can’t accept that God would have wanted it that way. On the other hand I do believe that there are good people out there who are working for the common good. I would love to debunk the incorruptibles and I think I have a pretty hardened heart but seeing St. Silvan…. it’s hard to put into words. That doesn’t mean that I have converted to catholicism. I am not religious, but I can say that I believe that there is a God. Anyone who has spent time in war zones will tell you. You feel God and you hope for a better future. Whether you want to mock me or not, I could care less. I believe it, that’s enough for me.
Inuyoukai8: thanks for the comment – it is very nice to hear from someone that has been an eye-witness to one of these incorruptibles.
This is a cool phenomenon but I don’t believe the theory behind this… God’s truth is based on God’s word (the Bible) and there are no mention that if your body does not decompose that you are considered a saint…
What the bible teaches is that God judges the heart… Saints are people who gave there lives to do God’s will, who were willing to serve others…
“You will not allow your holy one to see corruption” – Ps 16.The incorrupt bodies of these saints are simply a living witness or proof to the truth of the Catholic religion as the one true faith from God, who has confirmed the testimony of the Church in the great miracles he has worked through it’s saints.
The Council of Trent:
“The bodies of holy martyrs and others now living with Christ, bodies which were His members and temples of the Holy Spirit, which one day are to be raised up by Him and made glorious in everlasting life, are to be venerated by the faithful; God gives men many benefits through them.”
The Bodies of the saints for us are like great and holy relics, which move us to honor the saints who God has chosen to honor by preserving them incorrupt.
In scripture we read that the use of the bones of Elisha brought a dead man to life: “So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. And as a man was being buried, lo, a marauding band was seen and the man was cast into the grave of Elisha; and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood on his feet.” (2 Kgs. 13:20-21).
A woman was cured of a hemorrhage by touching the hem of Christ’s cloak (Matt. 9:20-22). The sick were healed when Peter’s shadow passed over them (Acts 5:15-16). “And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them” (Acts 19:11-12).
The Power of the relics to work miracles doesn’t come from the object itself but from God, who confirms the faith of the person who is healed by means of them as to testify to the holiness of His saints.
Jason: These people are saints for the reason you mention – the incorruptibility is not why they were made saints. Also, don’t forget that the majority of Christians in the world (Catholic and Orthodox) do not believe that the Bible alone is the sole Word of God. Sola Scriptura (the Bible Alone) is a concept from the 1500′s.
i think the process to preserve the body is called “saponification”. basically the body reacts to the environment and turns the tissues into soap.
anybody would like to have a shower with Ste Bernadette Soubirou??
That explanation would be valid but surrounding graves are also exhumed to examine and confirm that explanation. Those around the target bodies body may have become dust and they should rot after exhumation if it is an environmental factor. Saponification does not explain this. It has to be supernatural.
wow…thats…weird and cool at the same time
I thought that little girl…i have no idea what her name is or anything [[which isnt helpful at all lol]]
but she was on ripleys believe it or not she died when she was around 3 and a half and they brought her body to that place where they examine it and she was like one of the first people that they did the embalming thing on…
a looooooong time ago. and sinced then her body still looks real [[like al the other ones on this list]]
well this list is still cool
How far is a long time ago and is it as far as Saint Silvan? Besides, if it were the case it would be on display by the church and not a museum but it is embalmed which everyone knows. Being so obvious it is not part of the list so don’t speculate because embalming is detectable and non was detected on these ones as it were for the one you are talking about.
i wish to have a vacation in europe someday to see the bodies…i hope they can come out with more list too…
I’m sorry if what I say is redundant as I have not taken the time to read through all the comments…
according to friends of mine who have visited Assisi in Italy, the body of St. Francis is incorrupt as well and was never embalmed – he just looks like he is laying there asleep. I have not managed to find much information on the net concerning this. Does anyone know if it is true?
Jeeze, none of these guys died happy, did they? They carried their ‘eh’ into eternity.
Maybe they were not looking forward to earthly happiness because what they are experiencing now is better than what they experienced here so they are not like “eh” but more like “yay!”
Dear Friends,
I have seen about Saint Bernadette of Lourdes in ‘…Quest’ program at starworld, That led me here. In India there are saints(Hindu) who are in Samadhi. I came to know that, ‘samadhi’ is not death, but a state a sleep. At any time these people can walk up from their sleep(?). One samadhi at ‘sreerangam’ in Trichy, (Tamilnadu District) has growing hair and nails(?). In Hinduism, about different types of samadhi is written in their Holy books. It is very rare to see in physical world as it is considered as a part of secret science of Hinduism practiced by great saints only. I am also came to know that such saints are living in the caves of himalaya. It will be great helpful to me if any body post the details regarding this topics
If the information is so obscure then it is probably a hoax especially if it from a website but of course feel free to keep looking. I also don’t understand, if they believe in incarnation then why would the bodies wake up in this life?
Saint with Jeans: The biggest problem here is that the saints do not dispel doubts about their abilities by revealing themselves and allowing their abilities to be tested. We’ll all continue to wonder.
Hmmmm, well yes, I’m a big believer that this is ultimately a natural phenomena. Spooky and slightly creepy, yet fascinating.
Food for thought for nonbelievers, “I bet no one’s yet to witness a high riding criminal to have been discovered incorruptible.”
all known natural phenomenons to cause this have been debunked and why only Catholic bodies?Some might speculate that the church is deceiving the people but you can expect this from anti-Catholics. Feel free to debunk it with authentic information which super cedes that which the scientist who tested it have. Its one thing to just say it and another thing to prove that it just natural which others tried to do but failed.
This is really interesting to me, for some morbid reason. How can something hundreds of years old look that good? Fascinating and mind boggling.
it`s so great but believable if you get GOD everything is possible (From IRAN)