Incorruptible Corpses

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Incorruptibility is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox belief that supernatural (or Godly) intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints) to avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness. Bodies that reportedly undergo little or no decomposition, or delayed decomposition, are sometimes referred to as incorrupt or incorruptible.

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Roman Catholicism

Although incorruptibility is still recognized as supernatural in Roman Catholicism, it is no longer counted as a miracle in the recognition of a saint.

Incorruptibility is seen as distinct from the good preservation of a body, or mummification. Incorruptible bodies are often said to have the odor of sanctity, exuding a sweet or floral, pleasant aroma.

In Roman Catholicism, if a body remains incorruptible after death, this is generally seen as a sign that the individual is a saint, although not every saint is expected to have an incorruptible corpse.

When the Catholic Church recognized incorruptibles, a body was not deemed incorruptible if it had undergone an embalming.  As such, although the body of Pope John XXIII remained in a remarkably intact state after its exhumation, 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.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

To the Eastern Orthodox Church, Incorruptibility continues to be an important element for the process of glorification.  An important distinction is made between natural mummification and what is believed to be supernatural incorruptibility.  There are a great number of eastern Orthodox saints whose bodies have been found to be incorrupt and are in much veneration among the faithful.

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PICTURES, Incorruptible Corpses of Saints Venerated by Roman Catholics



St Pio of Pietrelcina (died 1968)

[Lorenzo]

Viva Padre Pio ! He has been dead for over 50 years , yet his flesh has not decayed at all...amazing....

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Padre Pio does not look like he is dead, but rather, sleeping...

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PICTURES, Incorruptible Corpses of Saints Venerated by Roman Catholics



St Pio of Pietrelcina (died 1968)

Addendum: He was not embalmed !! His body has defied natural process of decay and mortification...

His Holiness in body and soul has preserved his external shell for all to see the miracle of God.

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he's one of my mom's favorite saints.

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St John Vianney (died 1859)

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St Bernadette of Lourdes (died 1879)

[Lorenzo]

he's one of my mom's favorite saints.

He is a very, very powerful saint, isles. My friend was diagnosed with Leukemia as a child , the doctors told his parents that he would not survive the ravaging leukemia. His parents , despite the warning of doctors, took their son to Europe to pray and asked the Blessed Padre Pio for intercession and a miracle.

Two months later, the leukemia that my friend had subsided. It disappeared. No medical explanation.

My friend and his parents credit this to the works and prayers of Blessed Padre Pio.

[Lorenzo]

St Bernadette of Lourdes (died 1879)

Amazing...she has been dead for almost 133 years , yet she looks like she is just sleeping...

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He is a very, very powerful saint, isles. My friend was diagnosed with Leukemia as a child , the doctors told his parents that he would not survive the ravaging leukemia. His parents , despite the warning of doctors, took their son to Europe to pray and asked the Blessed Padre Pio for intercession and a miracle.

Two months later, the leukemia that my friend had subsided. It disappeared. No medical explanation.

My friend and his parents credit this to the works and prayers of Blessed Padre Pio.

very believable; one among many accounts of miraculous intercession by the living saint (as he was called before he died.)  lucky of you to be exposed to this firsthand.

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St Vincent de Paul (died 1660)

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St Silvan (died 350 AD)


(he beats them all in terms of age, so far.)

[Lorenzo]

very believable; one among many accounts of miraculous intercession by the living saint (as he was called before he died.)  lucky of you to be exposed to this firsthand.

My friend , Albert, is a very good man. If you meet him you will feel the presence that he is a very good man. I cannot explain it, but when i am around him, I feel very at peace, there is no need to be formal with him because he is very good. You can feel it.

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could it be that his suffering and deep faith had given him an aura of light and roses?  just a thought. 

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St Veronica Giuliani (died 1727)

[Lorenzo]

Padre Pio was a very gifted and holy man, not only was he gifted with the suffering of the Stigmata, but he was able to see the presence of Angels and demons. During one time, as he was addressing a crowd of believers during a prayer, one of his assistant priests said to him, "Padre, look at how many people have come to pray with you!" , Padre Pio said back to him, "I see this, but if you could only see the demons that are about, their number double the number of believers, you would be dismayed!"

[Lorenzo]

could it be that his suffering and deep faith had given him an aura of light and roses?  just a thought. 

Could be so. Probably is. Everytime I talk to him and meet with him, I have no defenses with him. He can see through me, my worries, he is able to see what is going on with me. And being around him, I feel lighter , feel at peace. It is very unexplainable.

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Padre Pio was a very gifted and holy man, not only was he gifted with the suffering of the Stigmata, but he was able to see the presence of Angels and demons. During one time, as he was addressing a crowd of believers during a prayer, one of his assistant priests said to him, "Padre, look at how many people have come to pray with you!" , Padre Pio said back to him, "I see this, but if you could only see the demons that are about, their number double the number of believers, you would be dismayed!"

i'd rather be the assistant priest so i'll be spared the visual horrors...

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Could be so. Probably is. Everytime I talk to him and meet with him, I have no defenses with him. He can see through me, my worries, he is able to see what is going on with me. And being around him, I feel lighter , feel at peace. It is very unexplainable.

how nice, this rubbing of his lightness on you.  (while some people just seem too burdensome to be with, as you may know.)

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St John Bosco (died 1888)

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St Teresa Margaret (died 1770)

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Blessed Imelda Lambertini (died 1333 â€" 12 years old)

[Lorenzo]

I read that from the book titled, "Angels and Demons" , which was written by Joan Carrol Cruz.

This is an excerpt from page 168:

"Padre Pio , the stigmatic priest of our own time , once told a group of his admirers that 'the number of devils active in the world is greater than that of all the human beings who have lived since Adam'.

Another time, in his old age, while looking out of his window at the great crowd in the square that had assembled for his blessing, he remarked to his fellow friars, "If all the devils that are here were to take bodily form, they would blot out the light of the sun!"

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goodness gracious!  i'll never be a saint then.  i can't be that cool facing a massive army of demons.

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St Catherine Laboure (died 1876)

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Blessed Imelda Lambertini (died 1333 â€" 12 years old)

She is the Saint that died after taking the Holy Eucharist, right, Isles? She so loved Jesus Christ that she could not wait to take the Eucharist , that on the day of her Holy Communion, she died because of ecstasy of the Lord.

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goodness gracious!  i'll never be a saint then.  i can't be that cool facing a massive army of demons.

hehe, had i been there with padre pio, i would have probably ran off scared.

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Blessed Imelda Lambertini (died 1333 â€" 12 years old)

She has been dead almost 700 years, yet her bodily form remains intact. She has not even decayed...

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She is the Saint that died after taking the Holy Eucharist, right, Isles? She so loved Jesus Christ that she could not wait to take the Eucharist , that on the day of her Holy Communion, she died because of ecstasy of the Lord.

frankly, this is the first time i came across her blessedness.  her eyes in the picture are enough to send me spinning.

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St Clare of Assisi (died 1253; best friend of St Francis of Assisi)

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St Agnes of Montepulciano (died 1317)

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St Margarita María Alacoque (died 1690)

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St Rita of Cascia (died 1457)

[Lorenzo]

Truly, God is Glorious. He has preserved the physical bodies of His saints. Tho their souls are now in Heaven, their former bodies remain intact , preserved for all the faithful to see and to witness the power of God.

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Truly, God is Glorious. He has preserved the physical bodies of His saints. Tho their souls are now in Heaven, their former bodies remain intact , preserved for all the faithful to see and to witness the power of God.

go to paris the soonest you can so you'll see st catherine laboure's uncorrupted remains, then off to lourdes you go.  methinks fr chic had already been there...

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St Francis Xavier (died 1552)

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St Maria Goretti (died 1902)

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St Francis Xavier (died 1552)

I did not know that St. Francis Xavier was also incorruptible form! Beautiful...

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From the Eastern Orthodox Church, a sample of incorruptibles:


Incorrupt relics of Anthony, John, and Eustathios at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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I read that from the book titled, "Angels and Demons" , which was written by Joan Carrol Cruz.

This is an excerpt from page 168:

"Padre Pio , the stigmatic priest of our own time , once told a group of his admirers that 'the number of devils active in the world is greater than that of all the human beings who have lived since Adam'.

Another time, in his old age, while looking out of his window at the great crowd in the square that had assembled for his blessing, he remarked to his fellow friars, "If all the devils that are here were to take bodily form, they would blot out the light of the sun!"

I also read the book of Padre Pio ang dili nako malimtan kay pareha ni siya ni St. John Vianney nga ang mangompisal mabasa niya imong soul ug naa kay gi tago tago ka sin or sins i remind ka niya in detail pa gyud. Makabalo na sila sa imong sala bisan wala pa nimo si sulti truely saint jud ni nga abilidad. Kini silang duha ka santos kulatado pud ni sila sa devil kay daghan man ing balik nga soul sa Ginoo tungod nila. The devil really hate them both. Usahay baya ug mangumpisal ko maghope pud ko ug pari nga pareha nila nga i remind ta ba unsa pay sala nga atong nalimtan.  St. John Vianney,St. Anthony, St. Therese,ug St. Teresa akong matawag ug best friend sa mga santos. I am impress ni St. Agatha ug sa duha ka martyr nga si St. Perpetua ug St. Felicity. Modern Saint akong ganahan basahon is Blessed or santos naman siguro ni siya si Father Emil Kapuan priest ni siya during korean war. Mobasa ka sa iyang story maghilak tag baldi.

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I also read the book of Padre Pio ang dili nako malimtan kay pareha ni siya ni St. John Vianney nga ang mangompisal mabasa niya imong soul ug naa kay gi tago tago ka sin or sins i remind ka niya in detail pa gyud. Makabalo na sila sa imong sala bisan wala pa nimo si sulti truely saint jud ni nga abilidad. Kini silang duha ka santos kulatado pud ni sila sa devil kay daghan man ing balik nga soul sa Ginoo tungod nila. The devil really hate them both. Usahay baya ug mangumpisal ko maghope pud ko ug pari nga pareha nila nga i remind ta ba unsa pay sala nga atong nalimtan.  St. John Vianney,St. Anthony, St. Therese,ug St. Teresa akong matawag ug best friend sa mga santos. I am impress ni St. Agatha ug sa duha ka martyr nga si St. Perpetua ug St. Felicity. Modern Saint akong ganahan basahon is Blessed or santos naman siguro ni siya si Father Emil Kapuan priest ni siya during korean war. Mobasa ka sa iyang story maghilak tag baldi.

It really must be amazing to have met Padre Pio, Raquel. His blessed life is an example for all of us gajud.

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go to paris the soonest you can so you'll see st catherine laboure's uncorrupted remains, then off to lourdes you go.  methinks fr chic had already been there...

Mao ra tawon ni akong ikatampo sa lambo, my experience in 1992 and 2010: St. Catherine Laboure (Paris), St. Vincent de Paul (Paris), St. Louis de Marillac (Paris) ug St. Therese de Lisieux (Lisieux). Ug biyaan ko sulod aning mga lugara, porya gaba, di gyod ko makatug sigurado hehehe.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSnyKtO8QHU#

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Ste. Thérèse of the Little Flower (Lisieux)

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Incorruptible wakefulness ang resulta...

[Tobi Uchiha]

Inday Potentiana from ANDA Bohol

http://www.andabohol.info/480/

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there was a time long ago when buses in bohol have pictures of inday potenciana near the drivers (placed where rosaries and other pictures of saints were).  unsa tuod ang estorya ani niya?  incorruptibility of a corpse alone wouldn't a saint make, but what are the stories surrounding her?

[hubag bohol]

Hmm, mao baya ni ang patron saint ni Bugsay...

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Kaila baya ko sa ubang ka-pamilya ni Inday Potenciana (mga miembro kaniado sa Anda Legion of Mary 

[hubag bohol]

Kay unsa man diay ni? Santos ni siya?