Elizabeth Harper

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2013

Alias: Elizabeth Harper. I write about bodies, bones, relics, lore & oddities from the Catholic Church. Order of the Good Death member. Lighting designer by night. Follow me on Twitter @cadaverformosus or on Facebook as All the Saints You Should Know. (That's St. Paula Frassinetti on the right. The photo was insisted upon and taken by a nun. It's cool.)

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Articles by Elizabeth Harper

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Photographing the Real Bodies of Incorrupt Saints

Photographing the Real Bodies of Incorrupt Saints

The Oracles of Rome: Two Architectural Oddities Predict the Apocalypse

basilicas

The Oracles of Rome: Two Architectural Oddities Predict the Apocalypse

LA's Patron Saint is a Third-Century Martyr in a Postmodern Tomb

relics

LA's Patron Saint is a Third-Century Martyr in a Postmodern Tomb

Today Me, Tomorrow You: Rome's Sculptural Skeletons

skulls

Today Me, Tomorrow You: Rome's Sculptural Skeletons

Fürst der Welt next to three fallen virgins on the Straßburg Cathedral

churches

Why Figures Swarmed with Toads Lurk on Middle Ages Cathedrals

Terror-Stricken in Paris: A Crypt of Bloodstains and Bones

french revolution

Terror-Stricken in Paris: A Crypt of Bloodstains and Bones

Sinless Sweets: Where and When to Eat the Ten Best Saintly Desserts

relics

Sinless Sweets: Where and When to Eat the Ten Best Saintly Desserts

Brno is the New Sedlec: Europe's Most Macabre Destination Gets a Rival of 50,000 Skeletons

ossuaries

Brno is the New Sedlec: Europe's Most Macabre Destination Gets a Rival of 50,000 Skeletons

The (Really) Great Gig in the Sky

relics

The (Really) Great Gig in the Sky

The Femme Fatale Whose Tragic End Festers in the History of Rome

crime

The Femme Fatale Whose Tragic End Festers in the History of Rome

The Mummies of Mexico City

mummies

The Mummies of Mexico City

The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope's Corpse Was Put on Trial

relics

The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope's Corpse Was Put on Trial

Magic and Your Lizard Brain: The Mind Tricks behind Conjuring Ghosts

ghosts

Magic and Your Lizard Brain: The Mind Tricks behind Conjuring Ghosts

Revealing the Hidden History of Paris Through Its Bits and Pieces of Saints

relics

Revealing the Hidden History of Paris Through Its Bits and Pieces of Saints

A Thief's Severed Arm and a Count Buried Alive, All in One Prague Church

relics

A Thief's Severed Arm and a Count Buried Alive, All in One Prague Church

Documenting the Holy Dead Through Saints' Relics

relics

Documenting the Holy Dead Through Saints' Relics