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TIL when Saint Philip Neri's body was examined after he died, two of his ribs were found broken; this was attributed at the time to a miraculous expansion of his heart while praying. However, Pope Benedict XIV later stated that Philip's enlarged heart was actually caused by an aneurism.

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