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Case 007 · Incorruption · San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy · In preparation

The body of St. Pio of Pietrelcina

The most searched modern case. Exhumed on the night of March 2 to 3, 2008, forty years after his death, in what the friars called fair condition, with the top of the skull partly skeletal. The face on view is a silicone mask made by Gems, a London studio.

ChurchNot treated as a miracleEvidence grade to set
Partly preservedSilicone mask, 2008

Full case file in preparation

This entry shows what the research has confirmed so far. The evidence grade is set during the research.

Reviewed September 21, 2026.

The shrine at San Giovanni RotondoCredit 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. Stars and Stripes: Thousands flock to see exhumed saint
  2. Stato Quotidiano: le spoglie di San Pio tornano nella vecchia cripta

Continue to Case 008: The seated body of St. Catherine of Bologna

Feast day: September 23.

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