page_title: Basilica of St. Michael, Bordeaux
section_title: Legend of the mummies
hierarchical_section_title: Basilica of St. Michael, Bordeaux / Legend of the mummies
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Bordeaux Saint-Michel un groupe de momies
context_page_description: The Basilica of St. Michael, is a Flamboyant Gothic church in Bordeaux, France.
  In 1998, UNESCO designated the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France as a World Heritage site, including the three main churches of Bordeaux: the basilica of St. Severinus, the basilica of St. Michael and the St. Andrew's cathedral.
context_section_description: From the late eighteenth century until 1979, over 60 of the mummified bodies were exhibited in the crypt.
  In 1881 a Gallo-Roman cemetery and catacombs were discovered under the tower, with several naturally mummified bodies (see note). The church is a listed historical monument.
  The mummies were found in 1791 according to other sources, in the adjacent parish graveyard which, having become full, was being cleared, with remains being transferred to catacombs; they further state that the bodies were removed to the cimetière de la Chartreuse in 1979.
caption: The mummmies
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