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href="/wiki/File:Cuerpo_Incorrupto_de_La_Siervita_de_Dios.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cuerpo_Incorrupto_de_La_Siervita_de_Dios.jpg/400px-Cuerpo_Incorrupto_de_La_Siervita_de_Dios.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cuerpo_Incorrupto_de_La_Siervita_de_Dios.jpg/600px-Cuerpo_Incorrupto_de_La_Siervita_de_Dios.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cuerpo_Incorrupto_de_La_Siervita_de_Dios.jpg/800px-Cuerpo_Incorrupto_de_La_Siervita_de_Dios.jpg 2x" data-file-width="835" data-file-height="305" /></a><figcaption>The body of <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Jesus_de_Le%C3%B3n_y_Delgado" title="Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado">Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado</a> (1643–1731), Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church (<a href="/wiki/Tenerife" title="Tenerife">Tenerife</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>).</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Incorruptibility</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Orthodox</a> belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saints</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beatification" title="Beatification">beati</a>) to completely or partially avoid the normal process of <a href="/wiki/Decomposition" title="Decomposition">decomposition</a> after death as a sign of their holiness. </p><p>Incorruptibility is thought to occur even in the presence of factors which normally hasten decomposition, as in the cases of saints <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Genoa" title="Catherine of Genoa">Catherine of Genoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Billiart" title="Julie Billiart">Julie Billiart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier" title="Francis Xavier">Francis Xavier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Quigley_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quigley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catholicism">Catholicism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Incorruptibility&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Catholicism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>, if a body is judged as incorruptible after death, this is most often seen as a sign that the individual is a <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saint</a>. <a href="/wiki/Canon_law" title="Canon law">Canon law</a> allows inspection of the body so that <a href="/wiki/Relic" title="Relic">relics</a> can be taken and sent to Rome. </p><p>The relics must be sealed with wax and the body must be replaced after inspection. These ritual inspections are performed very rarely and can only be performed by a bishop according to the requirements of canon law. A pontifical commission can authorize inspection of the relics and demand a written report.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After solemn inspection of the relics, it can be decided that the body is presented in an open <a href="/wiki/Reliquary" title="Reliquary">reliquary</a> and displayed for veneration. Catholic law allows saints to be buried under the altar, so <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a> can be celebrated above the remains. </p><p>The remains of <a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous" title="Bernadette Soubirous">Bernadette Soubirous</a> were inspected multiple times, and reports by the church tribunal confirmed that the body was preserved. The opening of the coffin was attended by multiple canons, the mayor and the bishop in 1919, and repeated in 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the face and hands were covered with a wax mask.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Not every saint, however, is expected to have an incorruptible corpse. Although believers see incorruptibility as <a href="/wiki/Supernatural" title="Supernatural">supernatural</a>, it is no longer counted as a miracle in the recognition of a saint.<sup id="cite_ref-discover_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discover-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Embalmed" class="mw-redirect" title="Embalmed">Embalmed</a> bodies were not recognized as incorruptibles. For example, although the body of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">Pope John XXIII</a> remained in a remarkably intact state after its exhumation, Church officials remarked that the body had been embalmed<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and additionally there was a lack of oxygen in his sealed triple coffin.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Incorruptibility is seen as distinct from the good preservation of a body, or from <a href="/wiki/Mummy" title="Mummy">mummification</a>. Incorruptible bodies are often said to have the <a href="/wiki/Odour_of_sanctity" title="Odour of sanctity">odour of sanctity</a>, exuding a sweet or <a href="/wiki/Flower" title="Flower">floral</a>, pleasant aroma.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saints">Saints</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Incorruptibility&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Saints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lucca_Zita_San_Frediano.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The body of Saint Zita, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (c. 1218 – April 27, 1272)."><img alt="The body of Saint Zita, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (c. 1218 – April 27, 1272)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lucca_Zita_San_Frediano.jpg/120px-Lucca_Zita_San_Frediano.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lucca_Zita_San_Frediano.jpg/180px-Lucca_Zita_San_Frediano.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lucca_Zita_San_Frediano.jpg/240px-Lucca_Zita_San_Frediano.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4018" data-file-height="1996" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The body of <a href="/wiki/Zita" title="Zita">Saint Zita</a>, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (c. 1218 – April 27, 1272).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rita-urna.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The body of Saint Rita of Cascia, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (1381 – May 22, 1457)."><img alt="The body of Saint Rita of Cascia, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (1381 – May 22, 1457)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Rita-urna.jpg/120px-Rita-urna.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Rita-urna.jpg/180px-Rita-urna.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Rita-urna.jpg/240px-Rita-urna.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The body of <a href="/wiki/Rita_of_Cascia" title="Rita of Cascia">Saint Rita of Cascia</a>, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (1381 – May 22, 1457).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Casket_of_Saint_Francis_Xavier.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Casket of Saint Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, India"><img alt="Casket of Saint Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Casket_of_Saint_Francis_Xavier.jpg/80px-Casket_of_Saint_Francis_Xavier.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Casket_of_Saint_Francis_Xavier.jpg/120px-Casket_of_Saint_Francis_Xavier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Casket_of_Saint_Francis_Xavier.jpg/160px-Casket_of_Saint_Francis_Xavier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2374" data-file-height="3552" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Casket of Saint <a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier" title="Francis Xavier">Francis Xavier</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Bom_Jesus" title="Basilica of Bom Jesus">Basilica of Bom Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virginia_Centurione_body.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The body of Saint Virginia Centurione, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (April 2, 1587 – December 15, 1651)."><img alt="The body of Saint Virginia Centurione, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (April 2, 1587 – December 15, 1651)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Virginia_Centurione_body.jpg/90px-Virginia_Centurione_body.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Virginia_Centurione_body.jpg/135px-Virginia_Centurione_body.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Virginia_Centurione_body.jpg/180px-Virginia_Centurione_body.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The body of <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Centurione_Bracelli" title="Virginia Centurione Bracelli">Saint Virginia Centurione</a>, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (April 2, 1587 – December 15, 1651).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernadette_Soubirous-sarcophagus-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The body of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes with wax face and hand coverings, declared to appear incorrupt by a committee in 1909 (subsequent exhumations indicated corruption). (January 7, 1844 – April 16, 1879)."><img alt="The body of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes with wax face and hand coverings, declared to appear incorrupt by a committee in 1909 (subsequent exhumations indicated corruption). (January 7, 1844 – April 16, 1879)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Bernadette_Soubirous-sarcophagus-2.jpg/120px-Bernadette_Soubirous-sarcophagus-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Bernadette_Soubirous-sarcophagus-2.jpg/180px-Bernadette_Soubirous-sarcophagus-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Bernadette_Soubirous-sarcophagus-2.jpg/240px-Bernadette_Soubirous-sarcophagus-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The body of <a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous" title="Bernadette Soubirous">Saint Bernadette of Lourdes</a> with wax face and hand coverings, declared to appear incorrupt by a committee in 1909 (subsequent exhumations indicated corruption). (January 7, 1844 – April 16, 1879).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Marie_Vianney.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The body of Saint John Mary Vianney wearing a wax mask, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (May 8, 1786 – August 4, 1859)."><img alt="The body of Saint John Mary Vianney wearing a wax mask, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (May 8, 1786 – August 4, 1859)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jean-Marie_Vianney.jpg/120px-Jean-Marie_Vianney.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jean-Marie_Vianney.jpg/180px-Jean-Marie_Vianney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jean-Marie_Vianney.jpg/240px-Jean-Marie_Vianney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="831" data-file-height="533" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The body of <a href="/wiki/John_Vianney" title="John Vianney">Saint John Mary Vianney</a> wearing a wax mask, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (May 8, 1786 – August 4, 1859).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bac.Catherine.Cercueil.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The body of Saint Catherine Labouré, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876)."><img alt="The body of Saint Catherine Labouré, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Bac.Catherine.Cercueil.jpg/120px-Bac.Catherine.Cercueil.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Bac.Catherine.Cercueil.jpg/180px-Bac.Catherine.Cercueil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Bac.Catherine.Cercueil.jpg/240px-Bac.Catherine.Cercueil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The body of <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Labour%C3%A9" title="Catherine Labouré">Saint Catherine Labouré</a>, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876).</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beatified">Beatified</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Incorruptibility&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Beatified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_of_Castello" title="Margaret of Castello">Saint Margaret of Castello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Ildefonso_Schuster" title="Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster">Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pier_Giorgio_Frassati" title="Pier Giorgio Frassati">Pier Giorgio Frassati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_Austria" title="Charles I of Austria">Charles I of Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Angela_Astorch" title="Maria Angela Astorch">Maria Angela Astorch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebastian_de_Aparicio" class="mw-redirect" title="Sebastian de Aparicio">Sebastian de Aparicio</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eastern_Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Incorruptibility&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Eastern Orthodoxy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony,_John,_and_Eustathios_in_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Spirit_in_Vilnius-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Anthony%2C_John%2C_and_Eustathios_in_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Spirit_in_Vilnius-2.jpg/170px-Anthony%2C_John%2C_and_Eustathios_in_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Spirit_in_Vilnius-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Anthony%2C_John%2C_and_Eustathios_in_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Spirit_in_Vilnius-2.jpg/255px-Anthony%2C_John%2C_and_Eustathios_in_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Spirit_in_Vilnius-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Anthony%2C_John%2C_and_Eustathios_in_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Spirit_in_Vilnius-2.jpg/340px-Anthony%2C_John%2C_and_Eustathios_in_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Spirit_in_Vilnius-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Relics of <a href="/wiki/Anthony,_John,_and_Eustathios" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony, John, and Eustathios">Anthony, John, and Eustathios</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_the_Holy_Spirit_in_Vilnius" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius">Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius</a>, Lithuania.</figcaption></figure> <p>To the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a>, a distinction is made between natural mummification and what is believed to be supernatural incorruptibility. While incorruptibility is not generally deemed to be a prerequisite for sainthood, there are reportedly many Eastern Orthodox saints whose bodies have been found to be incorrupt and are in much veneration.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> These include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Alexander_of_Svir" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Alexander of Svir">Saint Alexander of Svir</a> – the incorrupt relics of the saint were removed from the Svir Monastery by the Bolsheviks on December 20, 1918, after several unsuccessful attempts to confiscate them. Finally, the holy relics were sent to Petrograd's Military Medical Academy. There they remained for nearly eighty years. A second uncovering of St Alexander's relics took place in December 1997, before their return to the Svir Monastery.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony,_John,_and_Eustathios" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony, John, and Eustathios">Saints Anthony, John, and Eustathios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysios_of_Zakynthos" title="Dionysios of Zakynthos">Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos</a></li> <li>Saint Elizabeth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerasimus_of_Kefalonia" title="Gerasimus of Kefalonia">Saint Gerasimus of Kefalonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioasaph_of_Belgorod" class="mw-redirect" title="Ioasaph of Belgorod">Saint Ioasaph of Belgorod</a> – In 1918 the Bolsheviks removed Saint Ioasaph's relics from his shrine in the cathedral of the Holy Trinity at Belgorod, and for some seventy years, their whereabouts remained unknown. In 1927, the cathedral itself was demolished. In the late 1980s, the relics were discovered in <a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a>'s Museum of Religion and Atheism, and on 16 September 1991, they were solemnly returned to the new Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Belgorod, in the presence of <a href="/wiki/Alexy_II_of_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexy II of Moscow">Patriarch Alexy II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Job_of_Pochayiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Job of Pochayiv">Saint Job of Pochayiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_of_Shanghai_and_San_Francisco" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco">Saint John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_the_Russian" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint John the Russian">Saint John the Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nectarios_of_Aegina" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Nectarios of Aegina">Saint Nectarios of Aegina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parascheva_of_the_Balkans" class="mw-redirect" title="Parascheva of the Balkans">Saint Parascheva of the Balkans</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Spyridon,_island_of_Kerkyra_(Corfu)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Spyridon, island of Kerkyra (Corfu) (page does not exist)">Saint Spyridon, island of Kerkyra (Corfu)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Theodora_the_Empress,_island_of_Kerkyra_(Corfu)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Theodora the Empress, island of Kerkyra (Corfu) (page does not exist)">Saint Theodora the Empress, island of Kerkyra (Corfu)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elder_Vissarion(%2B1991)_Holy_monastery_of_Agathon,_Greece&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elder Vissarion(+1991) Holy monastery of Agathon, Greece (page does not exist)">Elder Vissarion(+1991) Holy monastery of Agathon, Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessed_nun_Eirini_Myrtidiotissa,_island_of_Oenoussai,_Greece&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blessed nun Eirini Myrtidiotissa, island of Oenoussai, Greece (page does not exist)">Blessed nun Eirini Myrtidiotissa, island of Oenoussai, Greece</a></li> <li>Saint Zosima</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Royster" title="Dmitri Royster">Archbishop Dimitri Royster</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judaism">Judaism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Incorruptibility&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Louis_Ginzberg" title="Louis Ginzberg">Louis Ginzberg</a> in his monumental "<a href="/wiki/Legends_of_the_Jews" title="Legends of the Jews">Legends of the Jews</a>" (Vol. 4, Chapter 10) based on the Jewish Apocrypha and <a href="/wiki/Aggadah" title="Aggadah">Aggadah</a> mentions an alleged case of bodily incorruptibility of the Biblical <a href="/wiki/Baruch_ben_Neriah" title="Baruch ben Neriah">Baruch</a>, scribe of Jeremiah (whose tomb is found in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar stories are told of later <a href="/wiki/Hasidic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hasidic">Hasidic</a> saints, such as <a href="/wiki/Rebbe" title="Rebbe">Rebbe</a> <a href="/wiki/Elimelech_of_Lizhensk" title="Elimelech of Lizhensk">Elimelech of Lizhensk</a> and others. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Chapter 10. 1909.</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Incorruptibility&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cruz, Joan Carroll (1977 and 1991). <i>The Incorruptibles: A Study of the Incorruption of the Bodies of Various Catholic Saints and Beati</i>, by, <a href="/wiki/Secular_Order_of_Discalced_Carmelites" title="Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites">OCDS</a>, TAN Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89555-066-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-89555-066-0">0-89555-066-0</a>.</li> <li>Jeremiah, Ken (2012). <i>Christian Mummification: An Interpretive History of the Preservation of Saints, Martyrs and Others</i>, <a href="/wiki/Secular_Order_of_Discalced_Carmelites" title="Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites">OCDS</a>, McFarland & Co., Inc. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0786465190" title="Special:BookSources/0786465190">0786465190</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Incorruptibility&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Incorruptible_bodies" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Incorruptible bodies">Incorruptible bodies</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080614055125/http://www.catholicapologetics.info/library/gallery/incorrupt.htm">"Incorrupt Bodies Of the Saints"</a>. 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