Nicolaus Matthiae Rungius (also spelled Ryngius or Ryngen in contemporary sources; born ca.

As vicar, he managed matters all over the Kemi Lapland area, but was not an unusual preacher during his lifetime.

[2] Rungius's reputation grew when his body, which had been mummified instead of decomposing, was found underneath the church floor during the Greater Wrath in the early 18th century.

"[1] The special thing about Rungius's body is that it has not been intentionally protected from decomposition, but it has naturally dried up underneath the church floor.

[1] The vicar's body is still in the Keminmaa old St. Michael Church underneath the floor between the altar and the sacristry, protected by glass.