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Rosalia Lombardo – Catacombs of Palermo’s Sleeping Beauty
Rosalia Lombardo is one of the youngest and the very last person to be interred at the catacombs. Different tv shows featured this little girl as if in deep slumber. I was amazed at how perfectly preserved her body is. I’ll be sure to drop by Palermo, Sicily when I get the money for the euro trip.
Who is Rosalia Lombardo
A Sicilian girl who was doted by her family. At two years of age, she contracted pneumonia. She died in the year 1920. Not much is known about her family or if there’s surviving relatives.
The Alfredo Salafia’s Secret Formula
The distraught father of Rosalia contracted the well-known taxidermist and embalmer Dr. Alfredo Salfia to preserve her body. On 1933 Dr. Alfredo Salfia died without passing on his knowledge on near perfect mummification. For decades, his secrets remained a mystery that baffled the experts. Fortunately, Italian biological anthropologist Dario Piombino-Mascali (funded by Nation Geographic Society’s Expedition Council) tracked down the surviving relatives of Salafia. With their permission, he was able to read the memoir that revealed the formula.
Formalin (mixture of formaldehyde and water) to kill the bacteria. Alcohol was used to dry the body and glycerine to add a little moisture. Salicylic acid was used to stop the growth of fungus. The secret ingredient was the zinc salt. Zinc causes the body to be rigid.
Where to find Rosalia Lombardo
Rosalia’s coffin is situated in the small chapel at the last part of the Capuchin Catacombs in Sicily, Italy.
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February 14th, 2010 at 2:03 am
wow a very good embalming style
April 8th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
that is so sad for that babby because she was so yung when she died and when i frist seen her i started to cry in school because she died at a yung age and so did my freinds did too cry.and it must be hard for her family for when she died but what i want to know how she died in 1920 did one of her familymambers kill her or she died on her own. but any way it must be hard for her family to handle it it must be really hard.and i know how her family is fellin right now because my babby sister died at my brithday but even she not mine i love her like shes my sister.
June 5th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
hi rosaila died of pneumonia at two years of age, sad innit and im sorry about ur sister
June 5th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
oh and how did ur sister die? sorry about the question!