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.
1. Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, Died 1879
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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