The Czech's Capuchin Crypt Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt. St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria Luftg'selchter Pfarrer (The Air-Dried Priest) In a crypt underneath this church lies a naturally mummified vicar whose story is surrounded by mystery. ...
Rome, Italy Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises." Brno, Czechia The Czech's Capuchin Crypt Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt. ...
After the foundation, first the small Loretto Chapel was erected (with the monks' crypt under it) using the mediaeval ruins (1759–1762) together with the dwelling(s) of the hermits, which were either three small hermitages or a part of the groundfloor section of today's western wing. ...
Far and away the most popular post I’ve ever written on Cemetery Travel: Sometime in the 1700s, the bones of 4000 monks were arranged into butterflies, hourglasses, and the Grim Reaper himself in the crypt beneath Rome’s Church of the Immaculate Conception. The various rooms are known a...