Case file · Apparition / miracle
Bernadette's 'incorrupt' body
When Bernadette Soubirous's coffin was opened at Nevers in 1909, thirty years after her death, her body was found remarkably preserved.
1909 CE · 46.99, 3.16 · status: disputed
The account
It was exhumed again in 1919 and 1925; for display, the face and hands were covered with wax masks. She lies in a glass reliquary in the convent chapel.
The sceptical view
Doctors noted natural mummification in a dry coffin; the skin had darkened and the body was washed and treated.