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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Centurione_body.jpg

Virginia Centurione Bracelli died in 1651, but her body was found largely uncorrupted when her grave was opened 150 years later.

She was canonized in 2003.

July 11, 2008September 24, 2010 | Oddities · Religion

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