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  2. Retour des cendres - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon's tomb at Les Invalides. The retour des cendres (literally "return of the ashes", though "ashes" is used here as a metaphor for his mortal remains, as he was not cremated) was the return of the mortal remains of Napoleon I of France from the island of Saint Helena to France and the burial in Hôtel des Invalides in Paris in 1840, on the initiative of Prime Minister Adolphe Thiers and ...

  3. Odorico D'Andrea - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Father Odorico D'Andrea, above the Sarcophagus with his mortal remains, in North Saint Rafael, Jinotega. José D'Andrea Valeri (5 March 1916, in Montorio al Vomano, Italy – 22 March 1990, in Matagalpa, Nicaragua) known as "Padre Odorico D'Andrea", was an Italo-Nicaraguan Catholic priest. He founded the Franciscan Sisters Pilgrims ...

  4. Relic - Wikipedia

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    "Cultural relic" is a common translation for wenwu , a common Chinese word that usually means "antique" but can be extended to anything, including object and monument, that is of historical and cultural value. However, this has some issues since the term wenwu has little resemblance to the English usage of "relic". In most cases, "artifact ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Napoleon's tomb - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon's tomb (French: tombeau de Napoléon) is the monument erected at Les Invalides in Paris to keep the remains of Napoleon following their repatriation to France from Saint Helena in 1840, or retour des cendres, at the initiative of King Louis Philippe I and his minister Adolphe Thiers.

  7. Mortal Remains - Wikipedia

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    Mortal Remains is a 2013 American mockumentary horror/thriller film directed by Christian Stavrakis and Mark Ricche. The film purports to be a documentary investigation into the grisly legends surrounding fictional Maryland filmmaker Karl Atticus.

  8. Domitian of Carantania - Wikipedia

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    After a blaze had devastated the monastic complex, their mortal remains were transferred to the newly built abbey church about 1130 and left to rest in a magnificent reliquary. On his grave should take place numerous and various miracles. There are reports about solemn processions and about a wearing of Domitian's relics.

  9. Death of the Virgin (Caravaggio) - Wikipedia

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    The lolling head, the hanging arm, the swollen, spread feet depict a raw and realistic view of the Virgin's mortal remains. Caravaggio completely abandons the iconography traditionally used to indicate the holiness of the Virgin. In this cast-off body, nothing of the respectful representation found in devotional paintings remains. [5]