Her death occurred in 1879. At the exhumation 46 years after death. the doctor commented. "What struck me during this examination, of course, was the state of perfect preservation of the skeleton, the fibrous tissues of the muscles (still supple and firm), of the ligaments, and of the skin, and above all the totally unexpected state of the liver after 46 years.' Wax imprints were only placed over the face and hands in 1925 at the time of canonisation, with still no decomposition.