Was St Therese of Lisieux's body incorrupt?

Answer 1

Yes, the body of St. Therese of Lisieux is considered to be incorrupt. Incorruptibility is a term used in Catholicism to describe the state of a body that does not undergo typical decomposition after death. St. Therese's body has remained remarkably intact since her death in 1897, which is seen as a sign of her holiness by believers.

Answer 2

Yes, the body of St. Therese of Lisieux was found to be incorrupt when it was exhumed for a second time in 1923, 28 years after her death. This was seen as a miracle by many and added to her reputation as a saint.

Answer 3

Nine months after her death, the nuns of her community wondered about the condition of her body and the heavenly perfume surrounding her tomb. The provincial of the order, Fr. Jerome Gracian, gave permission for the exhumation of the body and described the proceedings: "The coffin lid was smashed, half rotten and full of mildew, the smell of damp was very pungent . . . the clothes had fallen to pieces . . . The whole body was covered with the earth which had penetrated into the coffin and so was all damp too, but as fresh and whole as if it had only been buried the day before." After washing and re-clothing the body, " . . . there spread through the whole house a wonderful penetrating fragrance which lasted some days . . ."
3 years later the body was thoroughly examined by 2 doctors in the presence of the community and the bishop. The doctors declared the condition of the body to be "truly miraculous . . . for after 3 years, without having been embalmed, the entire body was in such a perfect state of preservation that nothing was wanting to it in any way, and a wonderful odor issued from it.The entire body of St. Teresa remains incorrupt.

Answer 4

No, St Therese's body was not incorrupt. The poor soul was physically falling apart from the TB that took her life long before she died. Gangrene had ravaged her intestines and she had only a fourth of a lung left with which to breathe. After being exhumed during the process of canonization, her mortal remains were finally placed in a wax figure depicting Therese as she was laid out in death in the convent. The statue is in the basillica in Lisieux.

Answer 5

The body of St. Therese of Lisieux is not incorrupt.

Answer 6

Yes she did. However she had an invisible stigmata. She felt the pain of Christ's wounds but showed no outward signs of wounds. She is not incorrupt, however.

Answer 7

If you are referring to Saint Edith Stein, she was killed in the gas chamber of a Nazi concentration camp and her body was burned.

Answer 8

No she wasn't when she was exhumed all there was left were bones. She and her four sisters became nuns. An older sister and her parents are on their way to be canonized.

Answer 9

No, Jerome's body was not incorrupt.

Answer 10

Her body is not incorrupted.