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	<title>Comments on: Top 10 Incorrupt Corpses</title>
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		<title>By: daggerone</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2007/08/21/top-10-incorrupt-corpses/#comment-220500</link>
		<dc:creator>daggerone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If necrophilia was legal Saint Bernadette of Lourdes would be top of my list.

High Five!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If necrophilia was legal Saint Bernadette of Lourdes would be top of my list.</p>
<p>High Five!</p>
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		<title>By: Mikey</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2007/08/21/top-10-incorrupt-corpses/#comment-209596</link>
		<dc:creator>Mikey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have you read anything about St. Francis Xavier?  When he died, they packed his body in lime. It was used as an acid to speed the decomposition so they could carry the bones from China(?) to India.  It did not work.  That was 500 years ago and his body is still there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you read anything about St. Francis Xavier?  When he died, they packed his body in lime. It was used as an acid to speed the decomposition so they could carry the bones from China(?) to India.  It did not work.  That was 500 years ago and his body is still there.</p>
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		<title>By: jun</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2007/08/21/top-10-incorrupt-corpses/#comment-206972</link>
		<dc:creator>jun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are those relics real? Truly it is a miracle!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are those relics real? Truly it is a miracle!</p>
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		<title>By: rendezvous</title>
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		<dc:creator>rendezvous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wow, this is amazing... the man dead in 350 is incredible! i mean, it&#039;s the medieval ages, and his body and face are incorrupted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow, this is amazing&#8230; the man dead in 350 is incredible! i mean, it&#8217;s the medieval ages, and his body and face are incorrupted.</p>
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		<title>By: melissa</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2007/08/21/top-10-incorrupt-corpses/#comment-202634</link>
		<dc:creator>melissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>does the incorruptibility of the saint extend to their clothing? Or does someone actually touch the saint to change their cloths?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>does the incorruptibility of the saint extend to their clothing? Or does someone actually touch the saint to change their cloths?</p>
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		<title>By: kennypo65</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2007/08/21/top-10-incorrupt-corpses/#comment-202219</link>
		<dc:creator>kennypo65</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>St. Bernadette looks like she could wake up and start walking and talking any time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>St. Bernadette looks like she could wake up and start walking and talking any time.</p>
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		<title>By: AbsyntheMinded</title>
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		<dc:creator>AbsyntheMinded</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just think I&#039;m gonna start to dig out all of my relatives, to see if I find an incorrputed corpse among them!!!  Hehehehe

Then, put him/her in the living room!!!  Hahaha</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just think I&#8217;m gonna start to dig out all of my relatives, to see if I find an incorrputed corpse among them!!!  Hehehehe</p>
<p>Then, put him/her in the living room!!!  Hahaha</p>
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		<title>By: rey</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2007/08/21/top-10-incorrupt-corpses/#comment-201893</link>
		<dc:creator>rey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>all this grate miracles proves us that loving and serving God is all worth it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>all this grate miracles proves us that loving and serving God is all worth it.</p>
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		<title>By: Emerald23</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2007/08/21/top-10-incorrupt-corpses/#comment-201799</link>
		<dc:creator>Emerald23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been to Lourdes and to Never where Bernadettes body is, it is an amazing and wondrful site.
All I can say is &quot;to those who believe, no explanation is nessesary, to those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been to Lourdes and to Never where Bernadettes body is, it is an amazing and wondrful site.<br />
All I can say is &#8220;to those who believe, no explanation is nessesary, to those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: RJC</title>
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		<dc:creator>RJC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From &quot;The Incorruptibles&quot; by Joan Carroll Cruz:

Preserved bodies found in countries around the world can be divided into three classifications: the deliberately preserved, the accidentally preserved, and the incorruptibles.  Specimens of the accidentally or naturally preserved were found even before Egyptian Pharoah times, when the art of embalming originated, producing for the first time the deliberately treated mummies which have survived for as many as three thousand years.  The incorruptibles, however, have existed only since early Christian days.  Their preservations since that time have challenged the opinions of skeptics and contradicted and defied the laws of nature, all to the dismay of many examining physicians and the admiration of succeeding generations

The more carefully we consider the preservation of the incorruptibles, the more baffling does the subject become, for their conservation seems to be neither dependent on the manner of burial nor on the temperature or place of interment.  Nor were they adversely affected by extended delays between the time of death and their burials, by moisture in the tombs, by rough handling, by frequent transferences, by covering with quicklime, or by their proximity to decaying corpses.  The greater majority were never embalmed or treated in any manner, yet most were found lifelike, flexible, and sweetly scented many years after death, in sharp contrast to the specimens of the other two classifications above, who without exception were found stiff, discolored, and skeletal.  The mystery of their preservations is further compounded by the observance of blood and clear oils--which have proceeded from a number of these holy relics--a phenomenon which again, needless to say, was never recorded with regard to the deliberately or accidentally preserved.

In order for the reader to appreciate fully the truly phenomenal, highly mysterious, and in most cases, absolutely miraculous aspects of the incorruptibles, it is of the utmost importance that we examine, however briefly, the methods employed in the deliberate preservation of human bodies from ancient times to our modern day, and the conditions favoring the accidental or natural preservation of human remains.  Final consideration will be given to the incorruptibles, with an analysis of their attending prodigies.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From &#8220;The Incorruptibles&#8221; by Joan Carroll Cruz:</p>
<p>Preserved bodies found in countries around the world can be divided into three classifications: the deliberately preserved, the accidentally preserved, and the incorruptibles.  Specimens of the accidentally or naturally preserved were found even before Egyptian Pharoah times, when the art of embalming originated, producing for the first time the deliberately treated mummies which have survived for as many as three thousand years.  The incorruptibles, however, have existed only since early Christian days.  Their preservations since that time have challenged the opinions of skeptics and contradicted and defied the laws of nature, all to the dismay of many examining physicians and the admiration of succeeding generations</p>
<p>The more carefully we consider the preservation of the incorruptibles, the more baffling does the subject become, for their conservation seems to be neither dependent on the manner of burial nor on the temperature or place of interment.  Nor were they adversely affected by extended delays between the time of death and their burials, by moisture in the tombs, by rough handling, by frequent transferences, by covering with quicklime, or by their proximity to decaying corpses.  The greater majority were never embalmed or treated in any manner, yet most were found lifelike, flexible, and sweetly scented many years after death, in sharp contrast to the specimens of the other two classifications above, who without exception were found stiff, discolored, and skeletal.  The mystery of their preservations is further compounded by the observance of blood and clear oils&#8211;which have proceeded from a number of these holy relics&#8211;a phenomenon which again, needless to say, was never recorded with regard to the deliberately or accidentally preserved.</p>
<p>In order for the reader to appreciate fully the truly phenomenal, highly mysterious, and in most cases, absolutely miraculous aspects of the incorruptibles, it is of the utmost importance that we examine, however briefly, the methods employed in the deliberate preservation of human bodies from ancient times to our modern day, and the conditions favoring the accidental or natural preservation of human remains.  Final consideration will be given to the incorruptibles, with an analysis of their attending prodigies.&#8221;</p>
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