Back Incorruptibilitat cadavèrica Catalan Unverweslichkeit German Incorruptibilidad cadavérica Spanish تباهیناپذیری Persian Incorruptibilité French Neraspadljivost Croatian Romolhatatlan szentek Hungarian Մարմնի անապականություն Armenian Corpo incorrotto Italian 不朽体 Japanese
Incorruptibility is a Catholic and Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and beati) to completely or partially avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness.
Incorruptibility is thought to occur even in the presence of factors which normally hasten decomposition, as in the cases of saints Catherine of Genoa, Julie Billiart and Francis Xavier.[1]
- ^ Quigley, Christine (2005). The Corpse: A History. McFarland. p. 254. ISBN 978-0786424498.