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Bernadette's body was then put back into the coffin, but left uncovered. At this point a precise imprint of the face was moulded so that the firm of Pierre Imans in Paris could make a light wax mask based on the imprints and on some genuine photos.
- The Life of Saint Bernadette Soubirous
- Doctor Declares: “Not A Natural Phenomenon”
- Final Considerations
1844 – 1879
It could be viewed as ironic that the messenger of Our Lady at Lourdes, a place of healing, should be so burdened by illness throughout her natural life. It seems the miracle of Lourdes was not for her. As a matter of fact, in a vision Our Lady said to Saint Bernadette: "I cannot promise you happiness in this life, only in the next." — Our Lady of Lourdes Born into a humble family which little by little fell into extreme poverty, Bernadette had always been a frail child. Quite young, she had...
Over the course of the next 46 years, Saint Bernadette’s body was exhumed no less than three times: the first time in 1909, then again in 1919 and finally in 1925. At the first exhumation, it was quickly evident that a miracle had taken place; Saint Bernadette’s skin tone was perfectly natural. The mouth was open slightly and it could be seen that ...
This is truly the body of Bernadette, lifelike in her attitude of meditation and prayer. This is the face which was lifted eighteen times to the Lady of Lourdes, the very same hands which fingered her rosary during the apparitions, and the fingers which scratched the earth in obedience to Our Lady’s request and made the miraculous spring appear. It...
Feb 11, 2019 · Thirty years after her death, the body of St. Bernadette was found in a remarkable state of preservation. Incorruptibility is a tricky subject. The preservation or decay of human remains can be...
- Here are six saints’ bodies whose bodies are incorrupt
- St. Vincent de Paul. St. Vincent de Paul’s heart and bones are completely incorrupt. His bones are underneath wax (pictured above) at the Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris, France.
- St. Catherine Labouré. St. Catherine Labouré was a Marian visionary and sister of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. The Blessed Mother gave her the Miraculous Medal during one of her apparitions.
- St. Bernadette. St. Bernadette was a Marian visionary known for the apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes. Although there is a light wax mask covering her face and hands, her body is still fully intact.
May 5, 2019 · The second exhumation, in 1919, showed no further evidence of decomposition, though her hands and face had become somewhat discolored due to the well-intended washing given by the nuns ten years prior. A worker in wax was commissioned to create a light wax mask of Saint Bernadette’s hands and face.
On 18 April 1925, the exhumation took place. Bernadette had been dead more than forty six years. Yet, her body remained incorrupt. Doctor Talon, a surgeon, removed the relics. Three years later he wrote a report about this exhumation, for a medical journal.
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Dec 26, 2023 · The undeniably beautiful 130-year-old body of Bernadette Soubirous is on display in a specially designed crystal coffin in a chapel in the abbey where she was a nun. Her eerily realistic face, dressed in a nun's robe, is one of the most common illustrations.