Best Blessed Relic
The preserved body of Blessed Carlo Acutis offers a tangible connection to this young Italian Catholic who lived in the late 20th century. His life and work, particularly his innovative database for religious education, are notable within the Church. This relic is valued by Catholics seeking spiritu...
The body of Margaret of Castello is preserved in the Church of San Domenico in Città di Castello, Italy. Margaret was a medieval Italian lay Dominican who was born with multiple disabilities and became known for religious devotion, charitable service, and care for people who were ill or imprisoned....
The body of Blessed Osanna of Mantua is kept in Mantua Cathedral; she was an Italian Dominican mystic who died in 1505 and was beatified in 1694.
The remains of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, an 18th-century Italian wife and mystic, are enshrined in the Church of San Francesco da Paola in Rome.
The body of Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, a Portuguese mystic who lived without food for over a decade, is interred at the Sanctuary of the Blessed Sacrament in Balazar.
The incorrupt remains of Osanna Andreasi (1449-1505), a Dominican tertiary and mystic of Mantua, Italy, are venerated there as relics of a beatified visionary.
