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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 ...
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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.
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.
Nothing is known of the author. [citation needed] In all events, he was not a patriarch of Alexandria, as is affirmed in an early biography, [1] [clarification needed] written by one Johannes, a notary, and stating that Eusebius was called by Cyril to be his successor in the episcopate.
He is said to have been a pupil of Felice Torelli in Bologna. [3] Among his works, he painted a Santa Teresa di Gesù and a St Anthony of Padua for the Chapel of St Joseph in the Basilica of San Domenico, Bologna.
An Odor of Sanctity (1965) Goat Song (1967) Judas, My Brother (1968) Speak Now (1969) The Dahomean (1971, later published as The Man from Dahomey) The Girl From Storeyville (1972) The Voyage Unplanned (1974) Tobias and the Angel (1975) A Rose for Ana Maria (1976) Hail the Conquering Hero (1977) A Darkness at Ingraham's Crest (1979)