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  1. St. Maria Goretti’s body is not incorrupt. It experienced natural degradation when it was interred in the cemetery of Nettuno, Italy, following her murder. Thus, making this pilgrimage is not her flesh but simply her skeletal remains.

  2. She was only 11 years old when she died July 6, 1902, after she was stabbed 14 times during a rape attempt. As she lay dying in the hospital, her last words were of mercy towards her attacker:...

  3. The beautiful, incorrupt body of Saint Maria Goretti has been placed in the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in Nettuno, Italy. Some others: St. Cecilia, born in Rome, died in 177 A.D. at Rome; her body was found incorrupt in 1599.

  4. It is often incorrectly reported that her body remained incorrupt after her death. This is because her skeletal remains are contained in a wax statue lying on its back inside a glass casket and the statue has been mistaken for her body.

  5. Dec 9, 2022 · What is clear from The Penitent is that Maria Goretti’s body was never her own. Maria, 11 years old when she was murdered by the then-20 year old Serenelli, is now a saint, canonized on...

  6. A wax likeness of Saint Maria Gorettin covers her skeleton here in Nettuno. Please note: St. Maria Goretti’s body is not incorrupt. It experienced natural degradation when it was interred in the cemetery of Nettuno, Italy, following her murder. Inside the casket is a wax statue within which repose her skeletal remains.

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  8. Oct 10, 2015 · Her body is not incorrupt, but her skeleton is complete, except for some small amounts of bone that went into reliquaries that her mother, Assunta, donated to the Church of St. Nicholas, known as...

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