How old was st bernadette when she died

What Is Incorruptibility?

“Throughout the history of the Church, there have been men and women who, after a significant amount of time after their death, have been found incorrupt,” Father John Paul Mary Zeller of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word told the Register. “That is, their bodies have been untouched by natural decomposition. When that happens, it’s always taken seriously. As with the case of Sister Wilhelmina, the faithful are drawn to the extraordinary. The Church opens an investigation surrounding these cases. Four centuries after the death of St. Teresa of Ávila, we recently learned that her bodily remains are incorrupt.”

“In the case of the incorruptibles, it appears there is usually something about their life of faith that is noteworthy and worth highlighting,” Father John Paul explained.

This is surely true of St. Bernadette Soubirous, who died April 16, Thirty years later, on Sept. 22, , her b Bernadette soubirous!