Roman Catholic Church

According to the Roman Catholic Church individuals of the purest faith remain in a lifelike state after death; their bodies resist decomposition for centuries. Numerous cases were found in which people have been exhumed years after their deaths and were found preserved. The church viewed this as a measure of sanctity and incorruptible people whose bodies miraculously resist decay were canonized by the church. Incorruptibility became a component of canonization the process of becoming sainted. This process of canonization included the prospective saint appearing in visions to people after death, performing miracles , either after or during life, and incorruptibility of their dead bodies.