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  1. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster
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    Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster died four years ago, but when her body was exhumed this month at the monastery she founded in Missouri, leaders were shocked to find her remains still seemingly intact. Since the May 18 exhumation, word of the nun’s reportedly undecayed body has spread like wildfire.

    Despite no embalming, nun’…

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    Hundreds of people in the US have traveled to a monastery in a small Missouri town to view a nun’s body that seemingly has no signs of decay four years after her death. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was the founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, a monastery in Gower, Missouri, about an hour outside of Kansas City.

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    How long after a nun's coffin is buried does a body show decay?
    In Missouri, after a nun's coffin was opened, the body showed no signs of decay four years after the burial. Orest Lyzhechka/Getty There are several hundred documented cases of incorruptible corpses in the Catholic Church.

    Nuns digging up sister's remains find body intact four years after death

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    What if a nun's body was not embalmed?
    David Hess associate professor in the Salt Lake Community College mortuary science department told Catholic News Agency that the deceased nun's pristine condition is hard to explain. "If the body was not embalmed, and it was still intact after four years, that one kind of throws me," he told CNA.

    'Missouri miracle': Investigation launched into dead nun's body ... - MSN

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    Did a buried woman's corpse decompose while she was buried?
    Exhumers found a layer of mold on Lancaster’s body, likely due to condensation in the cracked coffin, reported Catholic News Agency. But little of Lancaster’s corpse or her habit decomposed while she was buried.

    Nun’s body intact four years after death draws people to Missouri

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    Is a nun's body still alive 4 years after her death?
    Hundreds of people in the US have traveled to a monastery in a small Missouri town to view a nun’s body that seemingly has no signs of decay four years after her death. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was the founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, a monastery in Gower, Missouri, about an hour outside of Kansas City.

    Nun’s body intact four years after death draws people to Missouri

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    Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death …

    WebMay 31, 2023 · By The Associated Press Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it’s a sign of holiness in...

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    Despite no embalming, nun’s body still ‘intact’ 4 years …

    WebMay 29, 2023 · Thousands of people have travelled to Missouri this month to view the remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, whose body was seemingly intact four years after her death. Benedictines of...

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    Nuns digging up sister's remains find body intact four …

    WebMay 24, 2023 · A small rural town in Missouri has received an influx of visitors this week after the body of a deceased nun was found with no signs of visible decay four years after being buried....

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    Nun’s body intact four years after death draws people …

    WebMay 27, 2023 · Nun’s body intact four years after death draws people to Missouri monastery Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster’s body was exhumed …

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      Travelers congregate in rural Missouri community to see nun’s body

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      Missouri Nun's Exhumed Body Found Intact 4 Years After …

      WebThe recently exhumed body of a Missouri nun is attracting the influx of hundreds of pilgrims after the corpse was remarkably discovered intact after four years with no signs of decomposition. Some have described …

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      Nun's body exhumed years after death shows no signs of …

      WebMay 26, 2023 · Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, a former nun and the founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, died in 2019 at 95 and was buried without embalming or a coffin. Her body was exhumed in May 2023 and …