Question

Nuns at the Basilica of Santa Rita da Cascia who follow this belief will ring their bells when the odor of sanctity is particularly strong. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Catholic and Orthodox belief in which the bodies of saints or the beatified do not decompose.
ANSWER: incorruptibility [accept word forms such as being incorruptible or incorrupt]
[10h] Three incorruptible saints of this city became martyrs after they were forced to eat meat during an Orthodox fast. Hasidism was opposed by the Misnagdim led from this city by a man who rarely slept while making massive edits to the Torah.
ANSWER: Vilnius [or Vilna; accept the Martyrs of Vilnius; accept Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna] (The saints are Anthony, John, and Eustathius.)
[10e] The incorrupt Orthodox patron saint of North America, Saint Herman of Alaska, lived as one of these people called a poustinik. Desert fathers like St. Anthony were examples of these people who practiced extreme seclusion.
ANSWER: hermits [accept ascetics or eremites or solitary; accept anchorites or anchorets or anchoresses; prompt on monks; prompt on holy men]
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North Carolina BDuke001010
South Carolina AJames Madison A001010
North Carolina ANC State001010
Georgia Tech DEmory A010010
Georgia AGeorgia B001010
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A001010
Georgia Tech CTennesee A001010
WarwickBirmingham001010
Cambridge BOxford1001020
DurhamBristol0101020
Imperial AEdinburgh10101030
Imperial BCambridge A100010
Michigan BMichigan A001010
Ohio State A Kenyon A 001010
Ohio State BKenyon B001010
HCCTexas B1001020
TAG Magnet: Taylor's VersionTAMU001010
Texas ATexas C001010