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Case 003 · Incorruption · Paris, France · In preparation

The body of St. Vincent de Paul

Found nearly intact in 1712, apart from the eyes and nose, but a skeleton by 1737. Since 1830 the bones have rested inside a wax figure in a silver reliquary. His heart has been at the rue du Bac chapel since 1947.

ChurchNot treated as a miracleBEvidence grade
Bones inside a wax figure

Full case file in preparation

This entry shows what the research has confirmed so far. The grade B is provisional and is reviewed in the full case file.

The chapel of the Lazarists, rue de SèvresCredit printed here once the licensed photograph is added

What the full case file will cover

  • Every recognition of the remains, with its date, physicians, and findings.
  • Every intervention, with its date, who made it, and its source.
  • The natural explanations considered and what remains open.
  • Photographs that the custodian permits, each with its credit.

Sources for this entry

  1. Congrégation de la Mission: la chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

Continue to Case 004: The body of St. John Vianney

Feast day: September 27.