Confirmation Saint Finder
Incorruptibles

The Incorruptibles

11 saints on this site whose shrines describe their bodies as incorrupt or intact, where they rest today, and what visitors can see.

France

Italy

Bologna, Italy

St. Catherine of Bologna

Corpus Domini Sanctuary

The sanctuary keeps her incorrupt body. Eighteen days after her burial she was exhumed and found intact and fragrant.

Her body is seated on a throne in a case in the Chapel of the Saint. It can also be seen from the church through a small round window to the left of the main altar, though the sanctuary says that window cannot be approached during restoration work.

The Chapel of St. Catherine is open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m., and Sunday 10 to 11:15 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m.

Venice, Italy

St. Lucy

Church of Santi Geremia e Lucia, Sanctuary of St. Lucy

The sanctuary speaks of the incorrupt remains of the martyr, placed in a new urn after they came to this church in 1860.

Her body lies in the Chapel of St. Lucy, in an altar made in 1930 so that it can be seen from both sides. Since 1955 a silver mask by the sculptor Minotto has covered her face, leaving a small part uncovered behind the left ear.

Spain

Madrid, Spain

St. Isidore the Farmer

Royal Collegiate Church of San Isidro

The Congregation of San Isidro and the Archdiocese of Madrid speak of his incorrupt body.

The burial chamber behind the main altarpiece holds a silver chest containing the inner chest with his incorrupt body. The body itself is shown only on exceptional occasions, most recently in May 2022.

The burial chamber is open Tuesday and Friday 6 to 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., except during Mass, with other hours in summer and visits on request.

Portugal

Coimbra, Portugal

St. Elizabeth of Portugal

Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova

When her stone tomb was opened in 1612, the bishop of Coimbra had the incorrupt body of the Holy Queen exposed for the veneration of the faithful.

Her body rests in a tomb of silver and crystal, brought here in 1677 and placed in the main altarpiece of the church on July 3, 1696.

Lebanon