#Rosalia lombardo

[morbidology]

Rosalia Lombardo passed away on 6 December, 1920, just one week before her second birthday. She is known as "Sleeping Beauty" because of the remarkable state of preservation of her body.

After she died from pneumonia, her father, Mario Lombardo, was devastated and sought the help of Alfredo Salafia, a renowned embalmer, to preserve her body.

Salafia used a unique embalming technique that involved a mixture of formalin, alcohol, salicylic acid, and glycerin, which he injected into her body. This method effectively preserved Rosalia's body, giving her the appearance of a peaceful, sleeping child even after many decades.

Rosalia Lombardo's body was placed in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, where it remains on display in a small glass-topped coffin.

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

I resti mummificati di Rosalia Lombardo, conosciuta come "La Bella Addormentata," raccontano una storia commovente. Rosalia, scomparsa a soli due anni per una polmonite nel 1920, fu imbalsamata dal padre affranto.

[cerebrodigital]

Rosalía Lombardo falleció con solo 2 años. Desolados, sus padres solicitaron a Alfredo Salafia que conservara el cuerpo, creando así la "Momia más hermosa del mundo". Su estado de conservación es tal que algunas personas aseguran haberla visto parpadear.

Te contamos su historia aquí:

[myhauntedsalem]

Rosalia Lombardo died of pneumonia in Palermo, Sicily in December 1920. Her father took her body to renowned embalmer, Alfredo Salafia, so her body would remain preserved.

Salafia’s embalming technique worked so completely, that the body survived the ravages of time. It was so well preserved that even in 1995, when this photo was taken, she looked merely asleep. Another fascinating aspect is Rosalia’s eyes. Some days and nights they will slowly open and close, as if slowly waking from a long sleep…

Rosalia Lombardo holds a special place in the hearts and minds of those who visit the Capuchin Catacombs. ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ of Palermo, as Rosalia came to be known, is remarkably preserved. A special technique, thought long lost, was used, and well into the 1990’s, when this photo was taken, you could barely tell that life had long been absent.

Upon her death Rosalia’s father, General Lombardo, was so grief stricken that he wanted to have his daughter interred in the catacombs, preserved for eternity. He was lucky that they agreed to take her remains, as the catacombs had essentially stopped accepting new bodies, making Rosalia one of the last.

Before she was placed in her spot within the catacombs, Rosalias father sought out renowned embalmer Alfredo Salafia. Salafia was an Italian chemist, who had spent years perfecting his embalming technique. The results of Salafia’s formula were some of the best kept bodies ever preserved.

Salafia perfected his embalming skills on animals, before moving onto humans. His technique greatly differed from traditional embalming. He would simply inject his formula directly into the carotid artery… no other real form of preparation was done, not even draining the blood.

In 1933 Salafia died, taking his secret with him to the grave. Thought long lost, the secret fluid has since been reversed engineered, and the secrets unlocked: Formalin is used to kill bacteria, Salicylic Acid stopped fungal growth, Alcohol dried the body whilst glycerine prevented it from drying out too much (to help prevent the skin becoming brittle and tearing).

However, the big secret was in using zinc salts. These gave Rosalia’s body rigidity, stopping hollows caving in, such as cheeks and the nasal cavity, preserving a life like appearance.

Finally, there is a very interesting aspect to Rosalia Lombardo’s body. For years, many would swear that sometimes upon viewing her, the eyes would be partially opened – when at other times, the eyes were shut.

On several occasions people would take photos of Rosalia throughout the day, and yes, at times the eyes did seem to be slightly opened. A time lapse camera was set up, which, over a twelve hour period, caught the eyes slowly opening and closing.

Many believe this is a kind of miracle, a strange piece of paranormal phenomena. Others that it is caused by changes in temperature and humidity.

In 2009 it was noticed that the body was finally starting to show signs of decay. Rosalia is now located in a hermetically sealed glass container.

The images you can see of her eyes were taken after she was placed in this container, some discoloration is visible on her cheeks, with the nose starting to pinch in at the nostrils. Still Rosalia is remarkably well preserved, and in her new home she will remain so for a very long time yet.

[bbybrownbat]

The mummified corpse of Rosalia Lombardo who died of pneumonia caused by the Spanish Flu just one week shy of her second birthday in 1920.

Her body lays inside a glass topped casket in the catacombs underneath the Capuchin convent in Palermo, Sicily. She is known globally as the “world’s most beautiful mummy”. But locals of this italian city have nicknamed her the “Sleeping Beauty of Palermo.”

The story goes that Rosalia’s father, upon her death, was so stricken with grief, that he sought the aid of a renowned Sicilian professor of preservation; the embalmer and taxidermist Alfredo Salafia. It is said that her father pleaded that he make her “live forever.” And so he did.

Rosalia’s body is so immaculately preserved, that even decades later her organs are still intact. Furthermore, due to the fact that her eyes aren’t fully closed; upon close inspection, her blue irises can be seen. We can thank the arid state of the catacombs in helping keep her body from decomposing but what truly caused her to be seemingly frozen in time was a previously elusive chemical formula created by Professor Salafia.

This specific embalmment fluid consisted of formalin, alcohol, salicylic acid, glycerin and zinc salts. Her body was single-point injected, without any cavity treatment or pre-drainage of bodily fluids.

Formalin, widely used by embalmers, is a mixture of formaldehyde and water which eliminates bacteria. Alcohol dried Rosalia’s body and the glycerin kept it from drying out too much. The salicylic acid prevented the growth of fungi. But it is the zinc salts that really helped retain her perfect state of preservation. Zinc, a chemical no longer used by embalmers, essentially petrified her tiny body.

[2t2r]

Rosalia Lombardo la momie qui cligne des yeux [vidéo]

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/rosalia-lombardo-la-momie-qui-cligne-des-yeux-video/

Rosalia Lombardo la momie qui cligne des yeux [vidéo]

[batslime]

I think they’d be best friends

[acheronist]

if you don't have 4-5 favorite mummies then literally what the fuck are you even doing

[spookcataloger]

Rosalia Lombardo (2013)

[ladystormcrow]

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First Ship: Eddie/Susannah from The Dark Tower. Still love 'em to this day.

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Last Movie: A bunch of clips from The Witch (2015). I really need to watch the whole thing through.

Currently Reading: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (it really is better than the premise sounds!)

Currently Watching: The "iconic corpse" episodes from Ask A Mortician (I just started the one about Rosalia Lombardo).

Currently Eating: Coffee, and a few bites of leftover steak (we got carryout from Outback last night).

Currently Craving: Chocolate. Might add some hot cocoa mix to my coffee.

[chocolatehideoutpirate]

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[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Rosalia Lombardo passed away on 6 December, 1920, just one week before her second birthday. She is known as "Sleeping Beauty" because of the remarkable state of preservation of her body.

After she died from pneumonia, her father, Mario Lombardo, was devastated and sought the help of Alfredo Salafia, a renowned embalmer, to preserve her body.

Salafia used a unique embalming technique that involved a mixture of formalin, alcohol, salicylic acid, and glycerin, which he injected into her body. This method effectively preserved Rosalia's body, giving her the appearance of a peaceful, sleeping child even after many decades.

Rosalia Lombardo's body was placed in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, where it remains on display in a small glass-topped coffin.

[hiemaldesirae]

[reads the dedication to yours truly in the atticwife vox fic] I humbly accept the honour of being your Worse shoulder devil >:3 ALL delusions shall be gloriously enabled, muhahaha~

that last NODWFM-related ask got me SCREAMING. the “Vox as Ophelia” agenda only continues to flourish — oh god, but I feel if someone actually DID manage to kill Vox in an alternate route type of deal, Alastor would be on his Heathcliff arc full throttle: that grave is getting robbed in the middle of a stormy night and he will find *some way* to miraculously preserve that corpse, and anyone who gets in his way WILL suffer...

googled heathcliff for the sake of answering this ask, was not disappointed. my god yeah he WOULD- i remember reading a ripleys believe it or not book when i was younger, i cant imagine which one it was now but i saw this picture of rosalia lombardo, who is one of the best preserved bodies in the capuchin catacombs in sicily- a photo of her taken in 1982 looked like she was sleeping despite it having been taken over 60 years after her death. i imagine that alastor would probably go to similar lengths for vox, if the impossible happened and he was killed- half his time and energy would be devoted to preserving what he has left of his beloved muse, and the other half would be dedicated to tracking down his killer.

[weirdmanwithbeard]

This mummy is blinking! The mummified body of two-year-old Rosalia Lombardo, also called "The Sleeping Beauty," died of pneumonia in 1920, and her distraught father had her embalmed. The weirdest thing? In a 2009 National Geographic documentary, they found her eyelids moving and her blue eyes shining in the dark. How is this possible after being mummified for over a hundred years?

https://trendingamerican.com/100-year-old-mummy-blinks-her-eyes/

[lovelyheart502]

Mummified remains of two-year-old Rosalia Lombardo known as "Sleeping Beauty." She died in 1920 and is remarkebly preserved.

[hadnewscom]

The Stunning Mummy Awakens After a Century – Video-closing or opening despite the lack of movement this explanation aligns with known principles of visual perception and accounts for the phenomenon in a scientifically plausible manner while the mystery of Rosalia Lombardo’s opening eyes may never be fully...