I will just send out one thank you to all the people who have shared so 
many fascinating stories about burial customs. I don't even have any 
genealogy questions right now, but I keep coming back because this is such 
an interesting, well-informed group.

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:38:19 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote:
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> Yeah, I think that the body not decomposing is just 1 component to 
> becoming a saint.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:33 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
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>> I've heard that to become a saint, they had to have some number of 
>> miracles and it's a long process performed in Rome.
>>
>> Doug da Rocha Holmes
>> Sacramento, California
>> Pico & Terceira Genealogist
>> 916-550-1618
>> www.dholmes.com
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>>  -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bizarre...but is it true?
>> From: nancy jean baptiste <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>> Date: Wed, April 23, 2014 9:29 am
>> To: azores group <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>>
>> Hi Cheri,
>>  
>> I wondered what he meant by that "beat the body".....seems like if it 
>> hadn't decomposed they'd recommend it for sainthood! 
>>  
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