Back to the Middle Ages: Entomological and Botanical Elements Reveal New Aspects of the Burial of Saint Davino of Armenia.

Augusto Loni, Stefano Vanin, Antonio Fornaciari, Paolo Emilio Tomei, Valentina Giuffra, Giovanni Benelli

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Augusto LoniDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy.

Stefano VaninDepartment of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genova, Corso Europa, 26, 16132 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1676-5916

Antonio FornaciariDivision of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4063-3166

Paolo Emilio TomeiAccademia Lucchese di Scienze, Lettere e Arti, Via V. Veneto, 1, 55100 Lucca, Italy.

Valentina GiuffraDivision of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy.

Giovanni BenelliDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8971-6010

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Abstract

The natural mummy of Saint Davino Armeno (11th century) is preserved in the church of Saint Michele in Foro in the city of Lucca (Tuscany, Central Italy). The body of Davino is one of the oldest Italian mummies of a Saint, and his paleopathological study was performed in 2018. In the present research, we investigated the arthropod fragments and botanical remains collected from the body, coffin, and fabrics of Saint Davino. Entomological analyses outlined the presence of 192 arthropod fragments. Among these, Diptera, Muscidae (

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ColeopteraDipterafunerary archeoentomologyIchneumonidaeItalian mummiesJulidamiddle agesMuscinaScorpionesTineidaeTuscany

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PMID36555023

DOI10.3390/insects13121113

PMCPMC9786730

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