Saint from Malta kept both mummified and in wax
Jun 6, 2013 22:48:22 GMT -5
Post by PurplePuppy on Jun 6, 2013 22:48:22 GMT -5
Saint from Malta kept both mummified and in wax
The Catholic Church has kept two bodies of Gorg Preca. One is his true bones, and one a body embalmed in wax. The “saint” is kept above the altar.
A wax dummy is kept for display above the skeleton looted from the grave.
The beautification of the Maltese “saint” George Preca raises a lot of interesting questions.
The Catholic priest died in 1962, and was buried. 38 years later, the corpse was exhumed. The grave was opened on 7th of July 2000. His skull and bones had to be examined. First 10 months later, on Wednesday 9th of May 2001, Pope John Paul II beautified Dun George Preca. Beautified, but still not canonized and declared a saint.
The whole story with a lot of pictures is at the link:
ivarfjeld.com/2013/06/03/saint-from-malta-kept-both-mummified-and-in-wax/
The Catholic Church has kept two bodies of Gorg Preca. One is his true bones, and one a body embalmed in wax. The “saint” is kept above the altar.
A wax dummy is kept for display above the skeleton looted from the grave.
The beautification of the Maltese “saint” George Preca raises a lot of interesting questions.
The Catholic priest died in 1962, and was buried. 38 years later, the corpse was exhumed. The grave was opened on 7th of July 2000. His skull and bones had to be examined. First 10 months later, on Wednesday 9th of May 2001, Pope John Paul II beautified Dun George Preca. Beautified, but still not canonized and declared a saint.
The whole story with a lot of pictures is at the link:
ivarfjeld.com/2013/06/03/saint-from-malta-kept-both-mummified-and-in-wax/
