Mystery over 350-year-old bishop buried with FOETUS between his legs finally solved Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter Apr 9 2021, 23:26 ET Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter Invalid Date, A BISHOP buried with a foetus between his legs almost 350 years ago has baffled archaeologists since they made the discovery in 2012. A new study claims to finally provide some answers to why Bishop of Lund Peder Pedersen Winstrup had stillborn remains placed behind and between his calves. 4 Winstrup was bishop of the Churches of Sweden and Denmark in the 17th century. He was mummified after his death at the age of 74 in 1679 and buried in a family vault in Sweden's Lund Cathedral.