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The odour of sanctity, according to the Catholic Church, is commonly understood to mean a specific scent (often compared to flowers) that emanates from the bodies of saints, especially from the wounds of stigmata. These saints are called myroblytes [1] [2] [3] while the exudation itself is referred to as myroblysia [4] or myroblytism.
A myroblyte (/ ˈ m ɪ r ə b l aɪ t /; 'whose relics produce myron'; [1] from Byzantine Greek μυροβλύτης, muroblútēs, Latin: myroblyta; Church Slavonic ...
Articles relating to myroblyte saints, Christian saints from whose relics or burial place "an aromatic liquid with healing properties" known as the Oil of Saints, "is said to have flowed, or still flows", or from whose body emanates a scent known as the odor of sanctity.
Mother Mariana of the Purification [1] (November 5, 1623 in Lisbon – December 8, 1695 in Beja) was a nun of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance who, having been born in Lisbon, Portugal, and lived and professed her religious vows at the Carmelite Convent of Our Lady of Hope in Beja, Portugal, died with the odor of sanctity.
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Believers hold that, from her youth, Maria Esperanza lived a life of virtue and fidelity to God and received the gifts of supernatural knowledge, healing, visions, discernment of spirits, locution, ecstasy, levitation, the odor of sanctity, the stigmata, and the ability to read the hearts of others. [5]
He advanced to the priesthood in 1602, [4] but died on 2 June, 1603, probably of tuberculosis, in the odor of sanctity. [1] [3] According to written biographies, he often spent many hours in vigils and was always the first to prayer, and eager to perform hard work. [3] He was remembered for his great love of the spiritual life. [4]
Robert Morel (1653 – 19 August 1731) was a French Benedictine monk.. Morel was born in 1653 in La Chaise Dieu, Auvergne.He took holy orders at the abbey of Saint Faron de Meaux in 1671; was sent to the abbey of Saint Germain des Pres to finish his studies, and in 1680 became its librarian.