Uncover the mystery of the heartless couple

When he died at age 65 in 1656, Louise de Quengo was buried with a heart-shaped metal box that, according to the notes on the box, was the heart of her husband.

As published in PLoS ONE, researchers at the University of Toulouse (France) discovered two remains of spouses Perrien and Mrs. Quengo, buried 7 years apart, located 125 miles apart. Strangely, both of these remains have no heart.

Mrs. Louise's body and the box containing the husband's heart.

Mr. Toussaint de Perrien was the patron of religious congregations in the city of Rennes, Brittany (France), died in his monastery on August 30, 1649. And his wife Louise de Quengo died at age 65 in 1656.

Ms. Louise is buried in a luxurious and radical outfit, has a black jacket and wears a veil like the nuns. This shows that Louis was a Catholic.

The box contains the heart of Mr. Toussaint.

In particular, in Louise's coffin containing a heart-shaped metal box, according to the notes on the box, inside was . the heart of her beloved husband - Mr. Toussaint.

On Louise's chest, there was also a very large cross-shaped incision, thought to be a heart incision. But Mrs. Louise's heart disappeared after that without any reason.

Louise's remains with a large cross-shaped incision in the center of her chest.

From these findings, the team concludes that the wealthy couples in France during the time of their death often performed cardiac exchange rituals . The wife's heart will be placed in the husband's coffin, and vice versa.

This religious rite appeared around 1495 but was never recorded until French researchers published it in the press. The purpose of this ritual is supposed to help deceased couples to be "together for life" and "reunite in the afterlife".

In addition, at the monastery where Toussaint died, the group of scientists also found three other heart-shaped boxes, made in 1626, 1684 and 1685.

These boxes are located in the monastery supposedly for the relatives of the dead to come here to pray, according to the research team, because the Renaissance-era French once thought that the souls of the dead would have to go to hell if their relatives pray for them.