Some bodies of Christian saints such as St. Bernadette, who had the privilege of seeing the Virgin Mary repeatedly in Lourdes, remained incorruptible even death. The
sience could never give a single valid explanation when the lack of decomposition of the body quite exceptional.
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Saint Bernadette Soubirous, a nun of St. Gildard of Nevers (d. 1879).
perfectly intact body, face darkened slightly in 1909 (30 years). HT, RL.
St. Vincent de Paul, founder of the Vincentians (died 1660).
body intact, except the eyes and nose, in 1712 (42 years), only skeleton in 1737, fragrant flesh burnt to ashes. HT
St. Veronica Giuliani, Capuchin Poor Clare (died 1727).
Corps flexible and incorrupt in 1735 in 1750 (23 years), then dried. IG.
Blessed Anne-Marie Taigi, mother, Trinitarian tertiary (died 1837).
body supple and perfectly incorrupt in 1868 (31 years), still intact today, but withered and browned. HT.
St. John Vianney, Cure of Ars (died 1857).
incorrupt body, slightly dried, dyed brown, in 1904 (47 years). HT.
Saint Charbel Makhlouf
, priest of the Lebanese Maronite Order (d. 1898).
body intact and flexible spreading serous fluid in 1899, still intact and oozing in 1950 and 1952 (54 years). HL.
Saint George Preca, born Anthony Francis Postillo, Priest, Third Order Carmelite founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine, who died in 1962
Saint Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest (d. 1968), found intact in 2008.
The references in the Bible about the incorruptibility of the body :
1 CORINTHIANS 15 35/57
35 But someone will say: How are the dead raised? With what body do they come? 36
Fool! what you sow does not take life unless it dies before.
37 And what you sow is not the body that will one day, but a bare grain, or wheat, or of some other grain:
38 but God gives it a body as he wished, and to every seed he gives its own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, the other is the flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, another of fishes.
40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the brightness of celestial bodies is of a different nature than that bodies terrestrial: 41
other is the brightness of the sun, another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars: for one star differs from another star shine.
42 As is the case for the resurrection of the dead. Sown in corruption, the resurrected body, incorruptible; 43
sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; sown in weakness, raised in power; 44
sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 In this sense it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being" the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 But this is not the spiritual which was first made is that which is natural, that which is spiritual comes next.
47 The first man was of the earth, earthy: the second is from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 What I say, brethren, that neither the flesh nor blood can not inherit the kingdom of God, and that corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold a mystery that I found: We do not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound and the dead raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For it must corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 In this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then the saying that is written: "Death has been swallowed up in victory"
55 "O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? "
56 Now the sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God who gave us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
ACTS 2 27 (Psalm 16 10 "LXX")
27 because you will not abandon my soul in Hades, and you will not allow your Holy One see decay.
ACTS 13, 35
35 Therefore he says in another: You will not let your Holy One see decay.
Psalm 16 9 / 10
9 Therefore my heart is glad, my soul with gladness, my body itself is safe.
10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither wilt thou that he who loves to see corruption.
WISDOM February 23
22 Ignoring the secret designs of God, they do not expect to pay for holiness and they do not believe the reward of pure souls.
23 For God created man for immortality, and he has made in the image of his own nature.
24 is the envy of the devil came death into the world, 25
they will experience, those who belong to him.
List of saints or deemed whose bodies have not been corrupted:
1. Saint Nazaire Milan, martyr (died 68/70).
uncorrupted by 396 (300 years), traces of blood still fresh. HT.
2. Saints Gervais and Protais, martyrs (dead to 160).
Incorrumpus to 390 (more than 200 years), blood flow corpses. HT.
3. Saints Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs (died around 295).
Incorrompus to 800 (500 years), blood flow remains. HT.
4. St. Severin of Noricum, bishop (d. 482/483).
incorrupt in 489 (6), sweet fragrance coming off the body. HT.
5. Holy Ethelred of Ely, Queen of Northumberland, widow and nun OSB (d. 679).
incorrupt for several years after his death. HT.
6. St. Cuthbert, OSB, Bishop of Lindisfarne (d. 687).
incorrupt and flexible 698 (11), still intact in the eleventh century. HT.
7. Holy Werburg of Mercia, OSB Abbess of Trentham (who died in 703 / 4).
incorrupt for several years after his death. HT.
8. St. Willibrord, a monk and bishop OSB, apostle of Friesland (died 739).
incorrupt for several years after his death. HT.
9. Elphège St. (died 1012).
incorrupt for several years after his death. HT.
10. St. Edward the Confessor, king of the Angles (died 1066).
incorrupt for several years after his death. HT.
11. Saint William Fitzherbert, Archbishop of York (died 1154).
incorrupt for several years after his death, corpse exuding oil. HT.
12. St. Hugh, bishop of Lincoln (died 1200).
incorrupt in 1280 (80 years) oil emission. HT.
13. Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln (died 1224-1225?).
incorrupt in 1278 (over 60), issuance of oil. HT.
14. St. Bertrand of Garrigues, Dominican priest (d. 1230).
body found "whole and without any corruption" in 1253, still intact in 1398 when transferred to Orange, and 1561 (331 years), when he was burned by the Huguenots. JB.
15. St. John of Beverley, OSB Monk (d. 12 ...?)
incorrupt for several years after his death, issuing oil. HT.
16. St. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1240).
incorrupt for several years after his death. HT.
17. John "the Good", in reality or Buoni Buono, religious Augustine (d. 1249).
incorrupt in 1251 (2 years), still intact in 1798 (5th canonical recognition). HT.
18. St. Rose of Viterbo, a Franciscan tertiary (died 1252).
flexible and incorrupt for many years now the body is dried and blackened (mummification). HT.
19. Helen of Hungary, Dominican nun (d. 1270).
incorrupt some time after his death, during the exhumation: perfume emanating from the corpse and issuance of fresh blood. IG.
20. Conrad of Ascoli, a Franciscan priest (d. 1289).
several uncorrupted months after his death. IG.
21. St. Mary's Relief Cervellón, Mercedarian nun (d. 1290).
Corpse found incorrupt and flexible in 1380 (90 years), still intact, but dried and browned in 1991 (exhibited in a crystal urn). JB.
22. St. Margaret of Cortona, Franciscan tertiary (died 1297).
incorrupt in 1715 (418 years), body, spreading a sweet odor. Now, bodies still intact, dried. IG.
23. Blessed Jane of Orvieto, tertiary Dominican (d. 1306).
incorrupt, but withered in 1755 (449 years). IG.
24. Blessed Angelo Scarpetta, priest of the Order of St. Augustine (D. 1306).
body incorrupt in the sixteenth century (canonical recognition). JB.
25. St. Clare of the Cross of Montefalco, Augustinian nun (d. 1308).
still incorrupt 1881 (573 years), and now slightly mummified. IG HT.
26. Blessed Angela of Foligno, Franciscan tertiary (died 1309).
incorrupt for several years after death. IG.
27. Sainte Christiane Menabuoi St. Croix, Augustinian nun (d. 1310).
body remained incorrupt, flexible and cost for 18 days after his death. JB.
28. Segni St. Agnes of Montepulciano, Dominican nun (d. 1317).
Corps intact in 1362 (45 years), exuding an oily liquid perfume. Intact, but dried up in 1991. JB.
29. Blessed Margherita of Citta di Castello, tertiary Dominican (d. 1320).
incorrupt in 1678 and 1743, flexible and exhaling a sweet smell (423 years). IG.
30. Sainte Roseline de Villeneuve, chartreuse nun (d. 1329).
fresh and supple body in 1334 (5 years), then in 1614, 1644, 1657, 1835 (506 years), fresh eyes, body a little parched, blackened, 1929 (600 years) and 1951 (622 years) , traces of mold. HL.
31. Blessed Villana boots, tertiary Dominican (d. 1361).
incorrupt for a month, body exhaling sweet fragrance. IG.
32. St. Catherine of Siena, Dominican Mantellate (died 1380).
incorrupt at least until the early nineteenth century. IG HT.
33. Elizabeth Achler, Franciscan nun (d. 1420). Partly
incorrupt in 1623, intact skeleton in 1991. JB.
34. Lucia Norcia, Franciscan tertiary (died 1430).
incorrupt and Soft 1599 (169 years). IG.
35. Blessed Angeline of Marsciano, Franciscan nun (d. 1435).
Body found incorrupt and flexible in 1492, during translation (57 years), still incorrupt, but withered and blackened, in 1991. JB.
36. Santa Francesca Romana, widow Olivetan and oblate (died 1436).
incorrupt body, soft and sweetly scented four months after death, skeleton intact exhaling a sweet fragrance in 1638. HT.
37. Daisy Foligno, Franciscan nun (d. 1442).
body found incorrupt and exhaling a sweet fragrance in 1492 (50 years), reduced to ashes in 1588. JB.
38. St. Bernardino of Siena, a Franciscan priest (d. 1444).
carcass intact in 1472 (28 years), then in the seventeenth century. HT.
39. Blessed Anthony of Amandola Migliorati, priest of the Order of St. Augustine (d. 1450).
Corpse found incorrupt and flexible in 1460, in the same state in 1464 (canonical translation leftovers) and currently intact but blackened and desiccated. JB.
40. St. Lawrence Justinian, Patriarch of Venice (d. 1455).
carcass intact, soft and fragrant for 67 days. HT.
41. St. John of Capistrano, a Franciscan priest (d. 1456).
incorrupt for some time, until 1765? HT.
42. Saint Rita of Cascia, Widow, Augustinian nun (d. 1456).
body perfectly intact in 1626 (170 years), movement (1628 in particular), currently corpse intact but blackened and desiccated. IG.
43. Saint Antonin, Dominican, Archbishop of Florence (died 1459).
Flexible and spreading a sweet smell for eight days, uncorrupted and flexible in 1589 (130 years), now withered and blackened. HT.
44. Saint Didace, Franciscan lay brother (died 1463).
uncorrupted corpse, soft and fragrant for six months, perfectly intact in 1582 (119 years). HT.
45. Christopher Crivelli, Franciscan (d. 1467).
Corps "incorrupt long exhalation with heavenly scents. JG.
46. Blessed Elizabeth of Piccenardi, tertiary Servant of Mary (died 1468).
Corpse found incorrupt and expenses in 1506 (38 years), still intact but blackened and desiccated in 1991. JB.
47. Ugolino of Mantua, an Augustinian monk (died 1471).
body intact in 1540 (age 69) wound on the side of shedding blood. Still incorrupt in the nineteenth century. IG.
48. Saint John of Kenty, priest (died 1473).
incorrupt in 1539 (66 years, evidence unconvincing), fragrant ash in 1603. HT.
49. Holy Eustochium Calafato, Clarisse nun (d. 1485).
incorrupt body, soft and fragrant, exuding a fragrant liquor, in 1487, 1491, etc.. (6 years) - still incorrupt body, but blackened and stiff, in 1991. IG.
50. Blessed Frances d'Amboise, founder of the Carmelites in France (died 1485).
Body found intact in 1492 (7 years). JB._
51. Blessed Jacques varing from Bitecto, Franciscan lay brother (who died in 1486). Corpse found incorrupt, flexible and ruddy complexion, in 1505, still intact, but dried and browned in 1913 (canonical recognition), since exposed in a crystal urn. JB.
52. Blessed Jeanne Scopello, a Carmelite nun (d. 1491).
uncorrupted corpse and exhaling a sweet smell six months after death, still incorrupt in 1493 (2 years). JB.
53. Blessed Bernardine of Feltre Tomitano, Franciscan (d. 1494).
Body found perfectly intact and spreading an exquisite perfume, during translation in 1630, still well preserved in 1811 in 1837 (they cut off his arm and left forearm), and in 1894, dried but "full" (400 years), now exhibited in a crystal urn. JB.
54. Blessed Jacques Pesaro, priest of the Order of St. Augustine (d. 1496).
Body found incorrupt, but stiff and brown, in 1847 (351 years), still intact and mummified as in 1991. JB.
55. Sainte Jeanne de Valois, founder of the Annunciation (died 1505).
body still intact in 1562, when he was burned by the Huguenots. JB.
56. Blessed Osanna of Mantua Andreasi, tertiary Dominican (d. 1505).
body incorrupt and fees in 1508, a little dry in 1602 (97 years), 1686 (183 years) and 1699 (196 years). Bodies and withered blackened in 1991. IG.
57. St. Francis of Paola, founder of the Minims (died 1507).
soft and fragrant body for a week, incorrupt in 1562 (55 years) and burned by the Huguenots. HT.
58. St. Catherine Fieschi of Genoa, widow (d. 1510).
body intact and flexible in 1512 (18 months), incorrupt, blackened and withered in 1991. IG HT.
59. Paul Rendace of Paterno, Minim priest (d. 1511).
intact and flexible body, exhaling sweet fragrance for 40 days, still incorrupt in 1594, but withered and blackened (83 years). JB.
60. Jeanne Cross Vasquez Gutierrez, Franciscan nun (d. 1534). Body incorrupt and suavely scented 1552 (18). IG.
61. Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, founder of Barnabites (died 1539). Body incorrupt in 1566 (27 years), reduced to a skeleton in 1664. HT.
62. St. Angela de Merici, foundress of the Ursulines (died 1540).
Flexible body intact, sweetly fragrant, in 1672 (132 years), intact in 1867 (327 years). HT.
63. Venerable Marie-Laurence Longo, founder of the Capuchin (died 1542).
uncorrupted corpse and supple, releasing a sweet scent of violets in 1543, and arm movement; of incorruption in the early months. JB.
64. Broccadelli Blessed Lucia of Narni, a Dominican (d. 1544).
Intact body, soft and fragrant in 1710 (166 years), wound wet of blood. ! G.
65. Blessed Catherine de Matteis Racconigi, Dominican (d. 1547).
body intact, supple and sweetly scented in 1548 (six months). IG.
66. St. John of God Ciudad, founder of the Hospital (died 1550).
Whole Body odor and in 1570 (20 years), except the nose. HT.
67. St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary (d. 1552).
body intact, fresh and soft in 1553, although qu'inhumé in quicklime, and flexible body intact in 1556 (4 years), body still intact, but partly dried up in 1615. HT.
68. Venerable Dominic Narducci Paradiso, Dominican (d. 1553).
incorrupt body, soft and cool, sweet fragrance in 1748 (195 years). IG.
69. St. Thomas of Villanova, OSA, Archbishop of Valencia (d. 1555).
body incorrupt in 1582 (age 27), fragrant ashes a few years later. HT.
70. St. Peter of Alcantara, a Franciscan reformer (died 1562).
body incorrupt and fragrant in 1566 (4 years), aromatic skeleton in 1616. HT.
71. Cosme Munoz de Valladolid, Minim priest (d. 1573).
incorrupt body, spreading a sweet fragrance until 1612. JB.
72. Sainte Catherine Thomas, Augustinian nun (d. 1574).
body perfectly uncorrupted and flexible in 1577, still intact in 1815 (241 years). JB.
73. St. Teresa of Jesus of Avila, the Carmelite reformer (died 1582).
incorrupt body, very fragrant, soft, exhaling a perfume oil in 1583 (eight months), similar findings in 1585, 1586, 1592 (the emission of odorous balm has ceased) and 1760 (178 years) still intact in 1982. GI, HT, HL.
74. Saint Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan (d. 1584).
Corps (embalmed) largely unscathed in 1606 (22 years) and 1880 (296 years). HT.
75. Sainte Catherine de Ricci, Dominican nun (d. 158_). Partly
uncorrupted by 1733 (144 years). IG.
76. Martin de Jesus Maria Crozat, Discalced Carmelite (d. 1590).
Body found incorrupt and perfectly flexible in 1597 (7 years). JB.
77. Saint John of the Cross, the Carmelite reformer (died 1591).
body intact, exhaling a sweet smell, blood flowing from a wound in 1592. Still intact in 1859, although covered with quicklime (268 years). HT.
78. St. Pascal Baylon, Franciscan lay brother (died 1592).
body intact and spreading a sweet smell, although qu'inhumé in quicklime in 1593 and again in 1611 (19 years). HT.
79. Catherine of Christ Balmaseda y San Martin, a Carmelite (d. 1594).
carcass perfectly flexible and incorrupt in 1597, exhaling a sweet smell and an oily substance distilling; same state in 1655, burnished skin; flexible and incorrupt in 1927 (331 years), corpse "card and blacked out" in 1981 (387), but still intact Preservation considered to exceed the laws of nature, because there were no saponification or mummification. JB.
80. St. Philip Neri, founder of the Oratory (died 1595).
eviscerated body was found intact in 1599, 1602 and 1639 (44 years). HT.
81. Augustine Kings Carrasco, Discalced Carmelite (d. 1596).
Corpse found incorrupt, spreading a soft and sweet scent in 1598, still uncorrupted but a little stiff and the skin browned in 1689 (93 years). JB.
82. Arcangela soon, Franciscan tertiary (died 1599). Flexible and incorrupt body, very fragrant, for 12 days. IG.
83. Maria Raggi, widow, tertiary Dominican (d. 1600). Uncorrupted and exhaling a sweet smell cn 1601 (1 year). IG.
84. St. Germaine Cousin, shepherdess (died 1601).
Flexible body incorrupt in 1644 and in 1661, cn 1700 (99 years), flesh consumed in 1801 after the revolutionaries had plunged the body in quicklime. JB.
85. St. Seraphim of Montegranaro Nicola, Capuchin lay brother (died 1604).
Corps kept intact in 1618 (14 years) reduced to a few bones in 1940. JB.
86. Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, archbishop of Lima (d. 1606).
and flexible body incorrupt in 1607 (one year), then in 1622 (16 years), spreading a sweet odor. JB.
87. Blessed Caesar de Bus, founder of Doctxinaires (died 1607).
Perfectly flexible and incorrupt in 1608 (one year), but stiffened intact in 1617 (10 years). JB.
88. Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, a Carmelite nun (d. 1607).
body supple and intact, spreading an oily, in 1608 (1 year), still uncorrupted and flexible in 1663 (56 years). HT.
89. St. Francis Caracciolo, founder of the Clerics Regular Minimes (d. 1608).
embalmed body, partially preserved in 1628 (20 years). HT.
90. St. Andrew Avellino, Theatin priest (d. 1608).
and flexible body incorrupt in 1609, blood remained fluid (1 year). HT.
91. Angela Marie Seraphine Prat reformist des Capucines (died 1608). Corpse found intact. Flexible in 1609 and again in 1615 (7 years). JB.
92. St. Bernardine Realino, Jesuit priest (d. 1616).
body intact, but dried out in 24 (8 years) were detached from the skeleton and the flesh they were placed in vases of crystal in 1711 (95 years), during the transfer of the remains, the flesh was intact and bathed in fresh blood. JB.
93. St. Rose of Lima, tertiary Dominican (d. 1617).
intact and flexible body, spreading a sweet smell, 18 months after death, incorrupt, but dry, and always very fragrant, in 1630 (13 years). HT.
94. Blessed Victory Fornari, founder of Celestial Annunciation (died 1617).
Buried in quicklime, the body was found perfectly intact, flexible and fresh in 1622, in the same state and exhaling a sweet fragrance in 1632 and 1636, always flexible and incorrupt in 1829 and 1870 (253 years). JB.
95. Venerable Ursula Benincasa, who founded the religious Theatines (died 1618).
Uncorrupted, according to GI, but no traces in official documents, nor indeed that "stigma".
96. Venerable Veronica Laparelli, Cistercian nun (d. 1620). Body found perfectly incorrupt
, flexible and fresh, soft and firm lips, face very handsome, in 1630. JB.
97. Marianne de Jesus, a Franciscan tertiary (died 1620).
body incorrupt in 1624. IG.
98. St. Francis de Sales, bishop, founder of the Visitation (died 1622).
embalmed body, found intact in 1632 (10 years), divided in 1656. HT.
99. St. Josephat Kunciewicz, Basilian, Archbishop of Plock (D. 1623).
martyred body thrown into the water, intact a week later and incorrupt in 1637 and 1674 (51 years). HT.
100. Blessed Marie-Anne de Jesus Navarro Guevara Mercedarian (died 1624).
perfectly incorrupt body, supple, sweetly fragrant, exuding an essence of balsamic smell exquisite, in 1731 (107 years), body darkened and hardened in 1766. HT.
1O1. Venerable Anne of St. Augustine Pedruja, Carmelite nun (d. 1624). Corpse found perfectly incorrupt
and flexible, exhaling a sweet smell, in 1628; body still intact, but dried and browned in 1926 (302 years). JB.
102. Bonaventure Guona, Minim priest (d. 1630).
Corpse found incorrupt and flexible it months after the death, emitting fresh blood through the nostrils and smell sweet, still incorrupt in 1648. JB.
103. Morteska Madeleine (1556-1632), founder of the Benedictines of Culm (Chelmno, Poland): Face
intact, well preserved body. JB.
104. Galand venerable Agnes of Jesus, Langeac Dominican (d. 1634).
body intact and sweetly scented in 1653 (19 years), progressive corruption exposed parts (face and hands, probably due to moisture), but the rest of the body intact, desiccated, in 1857. IG HT.
105. Venerable Jeanne-Charlotte Brechard, Visitation (died 1634).
body intact and flexible in 1644, 1645, sweet smelling, soft and still spreading an oily substance in 1708 (74 years), reduced to dust in 1805. JB.
106. Blessed Dionysius of the Nativity Berthelot, Goa Carmelite martyr (died 1638).
carcass intact, soft and fresh for 7 months despite dip in the sea and abandoned on the sand (to cause corruption), surrounded during the first days of bright lights. JB.
107. Onofrio of Fiamenga, Franciscan lay brother (died 1639).
flexible and incorrupt body, the side wound is still fresh in 1653 (14 years). IG.
108. Blessed Jacinta Marescotti, Franciscan tertiary regular (died 1640).
incorrupt body, exposed to the veneration of the faithful in a glass reliquary, from 1726 (beatification), still intact, but withered and blackened. JB.
109. St. Jeanne Francoise de Chantal, foundress of the Visitation (died 1641).
embalmed body incorrupt in 1722 (81 years). HT.
110. Delizia Giovanni, Dominican (d. 1642).
body intact, supple and sweetly scented in 1643 (one year). IG.
111. St. Joseph Calasanz, founder of Scolopi (died 1648).
Heart and language kept flexible and costs for years after death. HT.
112. Francis Conception Baeza, Discalced Carmelite (d. 1649).
Corpse found incorrupt and flexible in 1663 (14 years). JB.
113. Blessed Centurione Virginia, founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of Calvary (died 1651).
Body found perfectly intact, supple and flexible, 1801 (150 year), then in 1803 (you can move it and wash it several times), still intact, but stiffened in 1910 (259 years). JB.
114. Venerable Marie-Francoise Farnese, Clarissa (d. 1651).
body incorrupt in 1653, but broken down a few years later. JB.
115. Mary Chialli, Tertiary Servant of Mary (died 1651).
Corpse found intact and flexible in 1654, when the canonical translation. JB.
116. Saint Peter Claver, a Jesuit priest (d. 1654).
flexible and incorrupt body, fragrant, for ten days, intact in 1657 (3 years). lIT.
117. Venerable Cecil Nobili, Clarissa (d. 1655).
body intact and flexible in 1665, still intact but dried up in 1712, 1825 and 1946 (ultimate canonical recognition). JB.
118. Saint Andrew Bobola, a Jesuit priest martyr (died 1657).
body perfectly incorrupt and flexible, wounds still wet with blood, in 1701 and again in 1730 (73 years). lIT.
119. Margaret Mary of the Angels Van Valkenissen, Carmelite (d. 1658).
incorrupt body and withered in 1663 after the death oozing an oily substance. IG.
120. Mary of the Holy Trinity, Dominican nun (d. 1660).
incorrupt body flexible and in 1662 (2 years). IG.
121. St. Vincent de Paul, founder of the Vincentians (died 1660).
body intact, except the eyes and nose, in 1712 (42 years), only skeleton in 1737, fragrant flesh burnt to ashes. HT
122. Rosanna Grottaglia Battista, Clarissa (d. 1663).
and flexible body incorrupt few years after death. IG.
123. Blessed Marie-Angèle Astorch, Capuchin nun (D. 1665).
body remains intact, her eyes full and bright, in 1683 and 1725, still incorrupt body in 1867, but dried up (202 years), desecrated in 1936 during the English Civil War. JB.
124. Cristofori venerable Marc d'Aviano, a Capuchin priest (d. 1609).
Body found perfectly intact and flexible, but the brown seed coat, in 1703. JB.
125. Marcelline Pauper, religious St. Gildard of Nevers (d. 1708).
body incorrupt in 1709 (1 year). IG.
126. Blessed Bonaventure of Potenza Lanvanga, Conventual Franciscan (d. 1711).
Body found perfectly intact and smooth, spreading a sweet odor, in 1740. JB.
127. Arcangela Marie Biondini, Servant of Mary nun (d. 1712).
Corpse found fresh and incorrupt in 1725. JB.
128. Venerable Benoite Rencurel, Dominican tertiary, seer of Laus (died 1718).
body intact and costs in 1788 (70 years), bleeding from an accidental injury; still intact in 1819, but "collapsed", divided in 1854. JB.
129. Venerable Maria Antonia Belloni, Franciscan nun (d. 1719).
Body found intact in 1738 (19 years), advanced state of decomposition in 1743. JB.
130. Jean-Baptiste Laveyne, OSB, founder of the Sisters of Nevers (d. in 1719).
body intact during the exhumation canonical "shortly before the Revolution, only skeleton in 1870. JB.
131. Saint Pacific Divini San Severino, Franciscan (d. 1721).
body perfectly incorrupt and flexible, spreading a sweet fragrance, spilling fresh blood from a wound made accidentally, in 1725 (4 years). JB.
132. St. Veronica Giuliani, Capuchin Poor Clare (died 1727).
and flexible body incorrupt in 1735 in 1750 (23 years), then dried. IG.
133. St. Lucy Filippini, foundress of Mistresses Pies (died 1732).
body supple and intact in 1748 (16 years), still incorrupt, but dried up in 1991. JB.
134. Raymond Recrosio, Barnabite, Bishop of Manchester (died 1732).
carcass intact and perfectly flexible in 1633, during the transfer of the remains. JB.
135. Pierre Vigne, founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (died 1740).
carcass remained perfectly intact and smooth, fresh, ruddy complexion, spreading a delicious odor, four days after death, despite adverse weather conditions (hot summer thunderstorm) and transferring the body from the place of death to the burial site ( several tens of kilometers). JB.
136. Blessed Crescentia Hoss, Franciscan nun (d. 1744). Body found
perfectly smooth and intact fresh complexion, 6 months after death. JB.
137. Entreri Eustace, bishop of Nicastro (died 1745). Body found perfectly incorrupt
in 1748 (3 years). IB.
138. Venerable Cæsar Sportelli, Redemptorist priest (d. 1750).
carcass perfectly intact and flexible in 1753 (3 years). JB.
139. St. Leonard of Port Maurice, a Franciscan priest (d. 1751).
incorrupt body sometime after death (?). HT.
140. Venerable Dominic Blasucci, Redemptorist priest (d. 1752).
perfectly incorrupt body and supple, shedding a bright blood, 20 days after death. JB.
141. Venerable Crostarosa Marie Celeste, founder of Redemptoristines (died 1755).
perfectly intact body and supple, with emissions of blood in 1785, 1788, slight traces of mold in 1830 and browning of the skin (185 years). JE.
142. Sainte Julie Billiart, foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (d. 1816).
incorrupt body and flexible, oozing an oily liquid in 1817 (15 months), only the skeleton remaining in 1842. HT.
143. Anne Catherine Emmerich, a nun Augustinian (d. 1824).
intact, soft and fresh five weeks after death, first signs of putrefaction six weeks after death, still perfectly intact skeleton 1974. JB.
144. Canora-Elizabeth Mora, secular, Trinitarian tertiary (died 1825).
incorrupt body and supple, "a little withered cheeks, bright blood gushing from his mouth in 1834 (9 years). JB.
145. Venerable Marie-Christine of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836).
perfectly intact body in 1853 and 1859 (23 years). HT.
146. Blessed Anne-Marie Taigi, mother, Trinitarian tertiary (died 1837).
body supple and perfectly incorrupt in 1868 (31 years), still intact today, but withered and browned. HT.
147. Venerable Librada (Liberate) Ferrarons, tertiary Caramel (died 1842).
Body found incorrupt, flexible and exhaling a sweet fragrance in 1847. JB.
148. Victoire Francoise Brielle girl secular (died 1847).
carcass perfectly intact and flexible in 1865. JB.
149. Blaise Marmoiton, Religious Society of Mary, martyr (d. 1847).
body and head (separate) intact and spreading a sweet smell, despite immersion in water for several days. JB.
150. Saint Vincent Gerosa, co-founder of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere (died 1847).
Body found incorrupt, flexible and fresh in 1858 and again in 1871 (24 years). JB.
151. Venerable Anthony Pennacchi, secular priest (D. 1848).
uncorrupted corpse, flexible and spilling blood 18 days after death; sub secreto made since then (probable case of stigma, with apparent wounds on the side). JB.
152. St. Vincent Pallotti, founder priest of the Catholic Apostolate (died 1850).
body intact and flexible in 1857, blackened and mummified in 1950. JB.
153. Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey, founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny (d. 1851).
incorrupt body flexible and in 1911 (60). JB.
154. Joaquina de Sainte Vedruna, founder of the Carmelites of Charity (d. 1854).
carcass intact and flexible in 1923 (69 years). JB.
155. Blissful Lawrence Saint-François-Xavier Salvi, priest, Passionist (died 1856).
carcass intact and supple, flexible skin, ruddy complexion, 10 months after death. Reduced to a skeleton in 1892. JB.
156. Packenham Paul, Passionist priest (d. 1857).
body perfectly incorrupt in 1894 (37 years). HT.
157. St. John Vianney, Cure of Ars (died 1857).
incorrupt body, slightly dried, dyed brown, in 1904 (47 years). HT.
158. Nimatullah al-Hardiny venerable priest of the Maronite Lebanese Order (d. 1858).
Body found perfectly intact in 1914, 1923, 1924, 1927, desiccant gradually. JB.
159. Anne-Marie Fiorelli-Rabbit, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Stigmata (died 1860).
body intact and flexible in 1863 (3 years). JB.
160. François-Marie Giusti Collodi, Franciscan (d. 1863).
body remains intact, supple and fresh, sweet fragrance exhaling for 18 days after his death. JB.
161. Venerable Jeanne-Rosalie Genovese, Franciscan tertiary (died 1864).
carcass intact, flexible and cost during one month after the death, found incorrupt and flexible in 1885 (age 21), re-buried, now the facts remain sub secreto. JB.
162. St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, founder of the Company Sacred Heart (died 1865).
body incorrupt, despite the damp and decay of the coffin in 1893 (28 years). HT.
163. Saint Mary of St. Euphrasia Pelletier, founder of the Good Shepherd (died 1868).
body intact in 1903, following a process of saponification (35 years). HT.
164. St. Peter Julian Eymard, founder of Priests of the Blessed Sacrament (died 1868).
body intact, but withered and blackened, in 1876 (8 years). JB.
165. Pauline de Nicolay, a Franciscan tertiary (died 1868).
body perfectly intact, flexible and cost during the exhumation, six months after death. JB.
166. Venerable Philomena Ferrer de Sainte-Colombe, religious Minimal (d. 1868).
Body found intact, flexible and fresh in 1869, 1879 and 1880 (12 years). JB.
167. Marie-Dominique Barbantini Brown, founder of the Sisters of the Sick Ministers (died 1868).
Body found perfectly intact and flexible in 1898 (30 years), still intact, but dried up in 1928 (60), totally corrupted in 1979. JB.
168. Narcisa of Jesus Martillo venerable Moràn, secular (died 1869).
body remained intact, supple and fresh, exuding a sweet fragrance for more than a week after the death, found in the same state in 1916 (37 years). JB.
169. Josephine Faro girl secular (died 1871).
Corpse found incorrupt and flexible in 1872, still intact, but slightly stiff exhaling sweet perfume in 1896 (25 years). JB.
170. St. Catherine Laboure, a Daughter of Charity (d. 1876).
perfectly intact and flexible body in 1933 (56 years). RL.
171. Saint Bernadette Soubirous, a nun of St. Gildard of Nevers (d. 1879).
perfectly intact body, face darkened slightly in 1909 (30 years). HT, RL.
172. Sainte Marie-Josephe Rossello, founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy (d. 1880).
Body found intact in 1917 (37 years). JB.
173. Blessed Mercedes of Jesus Molina, founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Marianne of Jesus (d. 1883). Body found
flexible and intact in 1884, remained exposed in this state without change until 1904 and was reinterred canonically. Reduced to a skeleton in 1948. JB.
174. Maria Antonia de Paris Saint-Pierre, founder of the Claretian nuns (died 1885).
remained intact and flexible for a month after death, body found intact but blackened and desiccated in 1920 (35 years). JB.
175. St. Mary Soledad Torres Acosta, founder of the Servants of Mary Ministers of the Sick (died 1887).
Intact body and supple in 1893 and 1901 (14 years). JB.
176. Blessed Francis Faa di Bruno - Founder of the Sisters of St. Zita (died 1888).
body intact in 1900, reduced to a skeleton in 1925. JB.
177. Vicuna St. Vincent Lopez, founder of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (died 1890).
body intact and flexible in 1893, still intact, but stiffened in 1898 (18 years). JB.
178. Blessed Innocent Scalvinoni Beno, Capuchin (died 1890).
Corpse found perfectly intact and supple, the face lightly browned, 6 months after death, during translation, reduced to a skeleton in 1895. JB.
179. Blessed Marie-Anne Sala, religious "Marcelline" (died 1891).
Body found incorrupt and expenses in 1920 (29 years). JB.
180. Blessed Joseph Benedict Dusmet, OSB Archbishop of Catania, cardinal (d. 1894). Body found perfectly incorrupt
and flexible in 1904. JB.
181. Venerable Galileo Nicolini, Novice Passionist (died 1897).
Corpse found intact and flexible in 1899 (2 years). JB.
182. Saint Charbel Makhlouf, a priest of the Lebanese Maronite Order (d. 1898).
body intact and flexible spreading serous fluid in 1899, still intact and oozing in 1950 and 1952 (54 years). HL.
183. Rosa Gattomo, founder of the Daughters of St. Anne (died 1900).
perfectly intact body and supple, fresh and moist, in 1932 (32 years). JB.
184. Raphael Petrucelli Sant'Elia a Pianisi, Capuchin priest (d. 1901).
Corpse found intact, but browned and dry, spreading a sweet fragrance in 1936 (35 years). JB.
185. Blessed Gertrude Comensoli, founder of Sacramentine (died 1903).
body perfectly incorrupt and flexible in 1908 (5 years). JB.
186. Maria Crucified Caputo, co-founder of the religious Baptistine (died 1903).
perfectly intact and flexible body in 1939 (36 years). JB.
187. Melanie Calvat (1831-1904): the visionary La Salette, stigmatized.
incorrupt body and supple to the exhumation in 1905. JB.
188. Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta, Franciscan Missionary of Mary (died 1905).
body intact and flexible in 1913 (8 years). JB.
189. Venerable Valentin Paquay, a Franciscan priest (d. 1905).
Corpse found largely intact in 1926, beginning a process of mummification. JB.
190. Carl Maria Schilling Barnabite priest (d. 1907).
Body found intact in 1924, the beard has grown a bit. JB.
191. Gaspard Goggi, priest of the Divine Providence (Don Grion) (died 1908). Body found perfectly intact
in 1925 and 1960 (52 years). JB.
192. Blessed Arnold Janssen, founder of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (died 1909).
intact carcass in 1945, beginning a process of mummification. JB.
193. Blessed Mary Schinina, founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart (died 1910).
body perfectly intact and flexible in 1913, still intact, but browned and stiffened in 1977 (the beginning of a process of mummification?). JB.
194. Blessed Teresa Mary of the Cross Manetti, founder of the Carmelites of St. Teresa (died 1910).
Body found intact, and exhaling a sweet fragrance in 1912 (2 years). JB.
195. Marie-Louise Nerbolliers, "the Diémoz visionary "(died 1910).
Body found perfectly intact, flexible and exhaling a sweet fragrance in 1939. JB.
196. Blessed Bernard Mary of Jesus Silvestrelli, Passionist priest (d. 1911). Body found perfectly incorrupt
and flexible in 1931 (20 years). JB.
197. Venerable Mary of the Heart of Jesus Sancho de Guerra, founder of the Servants of Jesus (d. 1912).
Body found quite intact in 1926, despite having been buried in quicklime. JB.
198. Jacques Viale, a Franciscan priest Bordighera (died 1912).
body intact, but in the process of mummification, in 1925 (13 years). JB
199. Mary of the Passion Tarallo, religious Worshipper of the Eucharist (died 1912).
Body found intact, but stiff, exhaling a sweet fragrance in 1919. JB.
200. Francis Spinelli, Founder of the Adorers Sacramentouvé heparin (died 1913).
retrfaitement intact and flexible body in 1924 (11 years). JB.
201. Maria Benedetta Frey, Cistercian nun (d. 1913).
Corpse found intact, but dried and browned in 1968 (55 years). JB.
202. André Prévost, priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (d. 1913).
Body found intact and flexible in 1936 (23 years). JB.
203. Venerable Adolphe Petit, a Jesuit priest (d. 1914).
Body found intact, but hardened and browned, 1938 (mummification?). JB.
204. Maria Rosa Zangara, founder of the Sisters of Mercy (d. 1914).
perfectly intact body, soft and cool, emitting bright blood in 1927, in the same condition and with the same phenomena in 1964 (50 years), now sub secreto. JB.
205. Moronati Fe (1862-1915), religious Adoratrices Ancelles of Charity of the Blessed Sacrament and
Corps still incorrupt in 1991. JB.
206. Marie-Claire Seraphina Farolfi of Jesus, foundress of the Missionaries of the Poor Clares Blessed Sacrament (dead 1917).
Body found perfectly intact and flexible in 1936 (19 years). JB.
207. Venerable Jacinta Marto, visionary at Fatima small (died 1920). Body found perfectly intact
spreading a sweet smell in 1935 and 1950. JB.
208. Holy Bertille Boscardin, Sister of Saint Dorothy (died 1922).
body intact and smooth, fresh and morbid in 1937 (15 years), divided in 1952. JB.
209. Adrien Osmolowski, Franciscan priest (d. 1924).
Corpse found intact during the translation in 1950. JB.
210. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, secular (died 1925).
body perfectly intact, flexible and spreading a sweet smell in 1981 (56 years). JB.
211. Venerable Margaret of the Five Wounds of Jesus Sinclair, Clarissa (d. 1925).
Body found intact and flexible in 1927. JB.
212. Mary of Jesus Landi, Franciscan tertiary (died 1931).
carcass still intact, flexible and spreading a sweet smell, in 1932 and subsequent actions are required sub secreto. JB.
213. Caroline Beltrami, founder of religious Immaculatines (died 1932).
Body found intact in 1944 (12 years). JB.
214. Anfrosina Berardi girl died at age 13 (died 1933).
Body found intact, flexible and sweetly scented in 1950. JB.
215. Marie-Therese de Jesus Cortimilia, founder of the Sisters of St. Clare (died 1934).
Body found intact in 1949 (15 years); subsequent sub secreto. JB.
216. André-Hyacinthe Longhin, capuchin, Bishop of Trier (d. 1936).
Body found intact in 1984 (48 years), but partly mummified. JB.
217. Ignatius Peramons Casanovas, Scolopi religious martyr (died 1936). Corpse found perfectly intact, still wet with blood injuries in 1948. JB.
218. Marie-Rose Ferron, secular (died 1936). Found
perfectly incorrupt, flexible and exhaling a sweet fragrance in 1947. The fact has been denied and gave rise to a controversy vrolente, but the evidence seems irrefutable. JB.
219. Design Armida Marie Cabrera, widow, foundress (d. 1937).
body part intact in 1962 and subsequent actions are sub secreto. JB.
220. Blessed Maria Gabriella Saggheddu, Trappistine nun (d. 1939).
body intact and flexible in 1957, broken in 1975, excluding the forearms and hands clasped in the attitude of prayer. JB.
221. Jean Nadiani, religious of the Blessed Sacrament, (died 1940).
perfectly preserved body, but dried up in 1988. JB.
222. Mary of the Sacred Heart Amparo Delgado, Clare (died 1941).
Body found intact in 1946, the facts are sub secreto. JB.
223. Saint Leopold Mandic of Castelnuovo, Capuchin priest (d. 1942).
Body found incorrupt and slightly mummified, in 1963 (21 years). JB.
224. Marie-Josephe Giaccobini, Dominican nun (d. 1944).
body intact and flexible during the removal of the remains in 1961 (17 years), the facts are now sub secreto. JB.
225. Venerable Francis Chiesa, a secular priest (d. 1946).
body intact during the removal of the remains in 1960 (14 years), the facts are now sub secreto. JB.
226. Venerable Alberto Marvelli, secular young man (d. 1946).
Body found perfectly intact and flexible during the removal of the remains in 1974 (28 years). JB.
227. Venerable Josephine Bakhita, religious Canossian of Sudanese origin (died 1947).
body intact, supple and fresh at the removal of the remains in 1967 (20 years), JE.
228. Venerable Mary of Jesus Crucified Josephine Catania, Carmelite (d. 1948).
body remained intact, soft and sweetly scented in over a month, found incorrupt few years later, the facts are now sub secreto. JB.
229. Joachim Marie Stevan, professed Servant of Mary (d. 1949). Body found perfectly incorrupt
in 1959, then in 1961 in recognition of the canonical residues (12 years). JB.
230. Leonie Van den Dijck, mother, visionary Onkerzele (died 1949).
Body found intact at the exhumation in 1972 (23 years). JB.
231. Anna Henle, secular (died 1950).
Body found incorrupt and flexible in 1977, the facts are sub secreta. JB.
232. Talamantes Josefa Campos, founder of Catechists of Our Lady of Sorrows (died 1950).
Body found perfectly intact in 1955. JB.
233. Alfred Ildefonso Schuster, OSB Archbishop of Milan and cardinal (d. 1954).
Body found perfectly incorrupt in 1985 during the exhumation canonical submitted to conservative treatment after death, but the fact was accepted as exceptional. JB.
234. Yvonne-Aimée de Malestroit augustine hospital resistant decorated by de Gaulle (who died February 3, 1951).
His body, which began its process of decomposition before burial was found completely intact in 1957.
235. Itala Mela, Benedictine Oblate (died 1957).
Body found perfectly intact in 1983, saponification process. JB.
236. Monica de Jesus Cornago Zapater, Augustinian nun Recoleta (died 1964).
Body found intact, but dried and browned in 1967 (mummification?). JB.
237. Saint Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest (d. 1968), found intact in 2008.
238. Alois Stepinac blessed, Priest (died 1960), incorrupt body, preserved and venerated in the Cathedral of Zagreb
239. Blessed Imelda Lambertini, Dominican (d. 1533), the remainders incorrompus of the Blessed Imelda Lambertini, are in the church of Saint Sigismund in Bologna
240. Blessed Angelo of Acri, whose real name Luke Anthony Falcone, Friar Minor Capuchin (d. 1739)
241. Blessed Lorenzo Villamagna, Friar Minor, death in 1535, his body found intact is still venerated in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Ortona.
242. St. Alphonsus Ligori, Bishop, Doctor del'Eglise, who died in 1787, he founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
243. St. Egidio of St. Joseph, born Anthony Francis Postillo, who died in 1812
244. Saint George Preca, born Anthony Francis Postillo, Priest, Third Order Carmelite founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine, who died in 1962
245. St. John Nepomuk Neumann, a Redemptorist priest, bishop, died in 1860
246. Pius X, Pope, who died in 1914
247. Sylvia Saint, Bishop Gaza, martyr, who died in 311
248. St. Angela of the Cross, Carmelite, founder of the Institute of Sisters of the Society of the Cross, died in 1932
249. St. Clare of Assisi, founder of the Poor Clares, who died in 1253
250. Saint Maria Goretti, martyr, died in 1902
251. Venerable Maria de Agreda (Sister Mary of Jesus), religieusee of the Immaculate Conception, who died in 1665
252. St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face Therese Martin), Carmelite, Doctor of the Church, who died in 1897
253. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, religions, died in 1690
254. St. John Bosco (born Giovanni Melchior Bosco) Priest, founded the Congregation of Saléiens, who died in 1888
NB
HL = Doctor Hubert Larcher, blood can conquer death?, Paris, Gallimard, p. 32-46: 2 cases. HT =
Herbert Thurston, Physical Phenomena of Mysticism (1938, French translation by Editions du Rocher, 1986, p. 281-325): 55 cases. GI =
Antoine Imbert-Gourbeyre, Stigma (t.2, 1894, p. 93-94): 34 cases. JB =
Joachim Bouflet: Private Archives: 142 cases. RL =
Laurentin Works of Catherine Laboure and Bernadette Soubirous: 3 cases.
