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To: PraiseTheLord

This one would be fine.


13 posted on 07/02/2017 6:33:12 PM PDT by ealgeone (int)
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To: ealgeone

Have not found any pics of Fr Solanus incorrupt, but here is report of opening casket,
and a site showing scads of pics of incorruptibles.

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/holy-healer-the-remarkable-life-of-father-solanus-casey

by the official archdiocesan investigation in 1983. Holy Name Sister Anne Herkenrath of Seattle is the great-niece of Father Casey and was present at the exhumation of his body in 1987. She described to the Register the hot July morning in Detroit when his casket was lifted from the gravesite at St. Bonaventure Monastery and water began to drain from the inside.

Dreading the worst, those present followed as the casket was carried and laid in the chapel. Then, as the lid was lifted and the incorrupt face of her great-uncle appeared, she said, “All I could think was ‘awesome.’ It was perfectly intact and recognizable. He had a terrible skin disease for a good part of his life, but his legs were smooth and white, and the flesh was still there — no sign of the disease.”
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The Incorruptibles: A Study of Incorruption in the Bodies of Various Saints and Beati
Continuously popular since it first appeared in 1977, TheIncorruptibles remains the acknowledged classic on the bodies of saints that did not undergo decomposition after death. Many remained fresh and flexible for years, or even centuries. After explaining both natural and artificial mummification, the author shows that the incorruption of the saints’ bodies fits neither c

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https://www.pinterest.com/garykovacik/catholic-saints-incorrupt-bodies/ Wow, many many pics


14 posted on 07/02/2017 9:32:18 PM PDT by PraiseTheLord
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