![]() ![]() When they opened her coffin, this is what they saw: It took her about six years to receive permission from the church to bring her daughter's body up from the earth. When the dreams did not stop, Philomena requested that her daughter's body be exhumed, but the Catholic Church would not allow it. Another version involves Julia telling her mother that she was still alive. Julia Buccola Petta is also known as "The Italian Bride" or "The Incorruptible Italian Bride." She is the subject of ghost lore, based mostly in fact: after her death, her mother, Philomena, began having vivid dreams of her daughter calling out to her and begging her to exhume her body. ![]() On her sculpted wrist is a watch, just like the photo from her wedding day. If you go to Mount Carmel you will see her monument, a reproduction of her wedding photo in sculpted form: She was 29 when she died her child was stillborn and was buried with her. She is buried at Mount Carmel cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. Julia Buccola Petta died in 1921 of childbirth. ![]()
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