Catherine of Bologna was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic, artist, and saint. The patron saint of artists and against temptations, she was venerated for nearly three centuries in her nat
Saint Catherine of Bologna with Three Donors by the Master of the Baroncelli Portraits, c. 1470–1480
Guglielmo Giraldi (Italian, active 1445–1489) – Saint Catherine of Bologna
Body of Catherine in the Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna
Madonna of the Apple, by St. Catherine of Bologna
Incorruptibility is a Catholic and Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies to completely or partially avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their
Catherine of Bologna
…until her death on 9 March 1463. Catherine was buried in the convent graveyard, but after eighteen days, a sweet smell emanated from the grave and the incorrupt body was exhumed. It was eventually relocated to a chapel where it remains on display, dressed in her religious habit, seated upright behind glass. A…
The body of Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643–1731), Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church (Tenerife, Spain).
The body of Saint Rita of Cascia, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (1381 – May 22, 1457)
Casket of Saint Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, India
The body of Saint Virginia Centurione, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. (April 2, 1587 – December 15, 1651)