Lydwine of Schiedam shed actual bone fragments
After a brutal ice-skating accident left her bedridden for life, Lydwine embraced her massive suffering as a divine calling. She supposedly began shedding pieces of her own bones alongside constant bleeding, which her followers eagerly collected. She literally fell apart piece by piece for salvation.

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