Exposition of the Sacred relics of St Francis Xavier 2014, Goa

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Forensic science is the scientific method of gathering and examining information about the past.

A body is identified from the following basic facts viz. Sex, Age, Height, Race, finger prints etc. Others are shape and colour of eyes, shape of nose, colour and type of hair, mouth, teeth, ears, shape of skulls, marks - tattoos, scars, circumcision, birth marks, size and shape of limbs, condition of nails etc.

Finger print analysis : Sir William Herschel was the first to use fingerprinting for the identification of criminal suspects (1860).

DNA fingerprinting technique devised by Alec Jeffreys (1984) is used to identify individuals.

Unidentified skeltonised bodies can be identified by superimposition of their skull using computer Tomography.



In badly decayed bodies, teeth play an important role in identifying the body.

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The inaugural ceremony on 22nd November 2014 will be with 9.30 am Solemn Pontifical Masss.

Mass Timings : Nov 24 to 2 Dec 2014 (Novena)

6 am, 7.15 am, 8.15 am, 9.30 am, 10.45 am English,
3.45 pm, 5.15 pm, 6.15 pm English

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Hi

The body of St Francis Xavier (born on 7th April 1506 in Spain) which miraculously defied the laws of nature, of turning into dust, lies till this day in a silver casket in the Church of Bom Jesus Basilica in Goa, India.