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Zita (c. 1212 – 27 April 1272), also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys . Zita entered domestic service at the age of 12, and served the same family for almost 50 years.
On the right hand is the side chapel of St. Zita (c. 1212-1272), a popular saint in Lucca. Her intact incorrupt body, lying on a bed of brocade, is on display in a glass shrine. On the walls of the chapel are several canvasses from the 16th and 17th centuries depicting episodes from her life. The remains of St. Frediano lie underneath the main ...
The body of Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643–1731), Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church (Tenerife, Spain). Incorruptibility is a Catholic and Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and beati ) to completely or partially avoid the normal process ...
Bernadette Soubirous (/ ˌ b ɜːr n ə ˈ d ɛ t ˌ s uː b i ˈ r uː /; French: [bɛʁnadɛt subiʁu]; Occitan: Bernadeta Sobirós [beɾnaˈðetɔ suβiˈɾus]; 7 January 1844 – 16 April 1879), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes (in religion Sister Marie-Bernard), was a miller's daughter from Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known ...
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At the same time, it is important to protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation,” the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said in a ...
The Catholic Church has more than 100 “incorruptible saints” who have been beatified or canonized, whose bodies have been entirely or partially immune to the natural decaying process years ...
The article on St Louise de Marillac says "She is mistakenly referred to as an incorrupt saint; the body enshrined in the chapel is actually a wax effigy, containing her bones." As there is no other statement that the Catholic church declares her incorrupt anyways, I removed her from the list in the Incorruptibility article.