Seems a bit ghoulish to me, walking past and peering into the coffin in which she has been resting for so long. Many of her body parts were cut off centuries ago, with her left hand being held by Gen. Franco until his eventual demise. His troops had captured it from Republican troops during the Spanish Civil War.
Teresa of Avila died in 1582 and was canonised in 1622.
Saint’s corpse goes on public display for first time in over a century
Church officials and medical experts were surprised to find her body incredibly well preserved after 440 years.
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