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The body of Saint Virginia Centurione, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (April 2, 1587 – December 15, 1651). (April 2, 1587 – December 15, 1651). 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).
Virginia Centurione was born on 2 April 1587 in Genoa and was of noble origins. She was the daughter of Giorgio Centurione (who was the Doge of Genoa from 1621 to 1623) and Lelia Spinola. [2] Despite her desire to live a cloistered life, she was forced into marriage to Gaspare Grimaldi Bracelli, who was a rich noble, on 10 December 1602. She ...
Giorgio Centurione's daughter, Virginia (1587—1651), later married to Gaspare Grimaldi Bracelli, founder of the order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge in Monte Calvario, was sanctified by Pope John Paul II in 2003. Known as Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli, she started out in the building in Via Lomellini as a caregiver for poor girls ...
The Catholic Church doesn’t consider an incorrupt body to be automatic grounds for canonization, but the news has still prompted hundreds of pilgrims to visit Lancaster’s body, which was ...
Virginia Centurione Bracelli: 18 May 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Maria De Mattias: 18 May 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Ursula Ledóchowska: 18 May 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Józef Sebastian Pelczar: 18 May 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Daniel Comboni: 5 October 2003 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
New evidence has been discovered of a lost English saint. An entry in a 15th century manuscript has provided “unambiguous proof” that Thurstan, who was Archbishop of York from 1114 to 1140 ...
Photo: Twitter. Photos of the statue went viral after being shared on the "S***Adelaide" Instagram page, leading the monument to be covered up with a black tarp shortly thereafter.. In a statement ...
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