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Are there any saints that should have died but didn't, not like they dodged a moving train, but rather something like were stabbed in the heart but didn't bleed, or something.

And when they did die, how did it happen?

Are there any Saints that have miraculously overcome death (should have died, but did not)?

Do not know if this counts, but it is an interesting story anyway.

I personally would find it miraculous to be healed by Mary, the Mother of Jesus in person! What an honour Our Lady showed to the Carmelite saint of Palestine.

St. Miriam of Jesus Crucified (January 5, 1846 - August 16,1878) had her throat slashed open and was stitched back up by the Virgin Mary in person. This story (now famous) is in all biographies of this newly canonized saint by Pope Francis on May 17, 1915.

Her martyrdom and miraculous cure through the Blessed Virgin Mary

In her isolation from her uncle’s family, she turned to a Muslim servant to have him deliver her letter to Nazareth. For his part, the young man encouraged Mariam to reveal hrer personal troubles. He became outraged at her uncle’s treatment of her and played upon the mind and feelings of the young girl. He introduced conversion to Islam as a remedy to Mariam’s problems. His words and actions focused young Mariam directly upon her Christianity. However, she soon realized the young man’s true intentions, and this caused her to draw back. She denied his advances and loudly proclaimed her faith in the Church of Jesus. “Muslim, no, never! I am a daughter of the Catholic Church, and I hope by the grace of God to persevere until death in my religion, which is the only true one.”

Her so-called protector, furious at being rejected by this young Christian, became violent. Eyes flashing with hatred he lost control and kicked her to the floor. He then drew his sword and slashed her throat. Thinking her dead, he dumped her bloody body in a nearby dark alley. It was the feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8,1858. What followed was a strange and beautifully moving story, told years later by Mariam to her Mistress of Novices at Marseilles, France:

“A nun dressed in blue picked me up and stitched my throat wound. This happened in a grotto somewhere. I then found myself in heaven with the Blessed Virgin, the angels and the saints. They treated me with great kindness. In their company were my parents. I saw the brilliant throne of the Most Holy Trinity and Jesus Christ in His humanity. There was no sun, no lamp, but everything was bright with light. Someone spoke to me. They said that I was a virgin, but that my book was not finished.”

She then found herself once again in the grotto with the “nun dressed in blue”. How long did Mariam remain in this secret shelter? She later spoke of one month, but she was not sure. One day, the unknown nurse prepared some soup for her that was so delicious that she greedily asked for more, and all her life she was to remember the taste of this heavenly soup. On her death bed she was heard to say tenderly, "She made me some soup! Oh, such good soup! There I was a long time, looking, and never ate soup like that. I have the taste in my mouth. She promised me that at my last hour, she will give me a little spoonful of it." - Saint Mariam Baouardy (St. Mariam of Jesus Crucified) -The Lily of Palestine

Wikipedia has this to add to the story:

When Baouardy was eight, her uncle and his wife moved to Alexandria, Egypt, to improve their situation. Five years later, in 1858 when she was aged 13, in keeping with tradition, she was engaged by her uncle to his wife's brother, who lived in Cairo. The night before the wedding, she had a religious experience in which she felt called not to marry but to offer her life to God. Upon being told this the following morning, her uncle flew into a rage and beat her severely. Despite this, and the subsequent ill treatment she began to experience from her uncle, she stayed firm in her decision.

Nonetheless, Baouardy felt depressed and alone. She wrote her brother, then living in Nazareth, asking him to visit her. The young male servant she asked to deliver the letter drew out of her the cause for her sadness. Upon learning of this, he attempted to woo her for himself, inviting her to convert to Islam. She rejected his proposal, which caused the young man to fly into a rage, in which he drew a knife and cut her throat. He then dumped her body in a nearby alley.

Baouardy then experienced what she was convinced was a miracle. As she related later, a "nun dressed in blue" brought her to a grotto which she could never identify, stitched her wounds, and took care of her. Her voice was affected for the rest of her life as a result of the cut, which a French doctor later measured as being 10 cm. (nearly 4 inches) wide. After being cared for by this mysterious figure for a month, she recovered enough to leave and find work as a domestic servant in the home of an Arab Christian family in the city. - Mariam Baouardy (Wikipedia)

St. Miriam (Mary) of Jesus Crucified is on of my favourite saints. She eventually died on August 26,1878 of cancer that also led to gangrene poisoning in her lungs.

Yes, St. Polycarp (A.D. 69-155).

The early Church Father St. Polycarp. He was put in fire, yet he did not burn. We read in The Martyrdom of Polycarp:

This, then, was carried into effect with greater speed than it was
spoken, the multitudes immediately gathering together wood and fagots
out of the shops and baths; the Jews especially, according to custom,
eagerly assisting them in it. And when the funeral pile was ready,
Polycarp, laying aside all his garments, and loosing his girdle,
sought also to take off his sandals — a thing he was not accustomed to
do, inasmuch as every one of the faithful was always eager who should
first touch his skin. For, on account of his good behavior he was,
even before his martyrdom, adorned with every kind of good.
Immediately then they surrounded him with those substances which had
been prepared for the funeral pile. But when they were about also to
fix him with nails, he said, Leave me as I am; for He that gives me
strength to endure the fire, will also enable me, without your
securing me by nails, to remain without moving in the pile.

They did not nail him then, but simply bound him. And he, placing his
hands behind him, and being bound like a distinguished ram [taken] out
of a great flock for sacrifice, and prepared to be an acceptable
burnt-offering unto God, looked up to heaven, and said,

"O Lord God Almighty, the Father of your beloved and blessed Son Jesus
Christ, by whom we have received the knowledge of You, the God of
angels and powers, and of every creature, and of the whole race of the
righteous who live before you, I give You thanks that You have counted
me, worthy of this day and this hour, that I should have a part in the
number of Your martyrs, in the cup of your Christ, to the resurrection
of eternal life, both of soul and body, through the incorruption
[imparted] by the Holy Ghost. Among whom may I be accepted this day
before You as a fat and acceptable sacrifice, according as You, the
ever-truthful God, have foreordained, have revealed beforehand to me,
and now have fulfilled. Wherefore also I praise You for all things, I
bless You, I glorify You, along with the everlasting and heavenly
Jesus Christ, Your beloved Son, with whom, to You, and the Holy Ghost,
be glory both now and to all coming ages. Amen."

When he had pronounced this amen, and so finished his prayer, those
who were appointed for the purpose kindled the fire. And as the flame
blazed forth in great fury, we, to whom it was given to witness it,
beheld a great miracle, and have been preserved that we might report
to others what then took place. For the fire, shaping itself into
the form of an arch, like the sail of a ship when filled with the
wind, encompassed as by a circle the body of the martyr. And he
appeared within not like flesh which is burnt, but as bread that is
baked, or as gold and silver glowing in a furnace. Moreover, we
perceived such a sweet odour [coming from the pile], as if
frankincense or some such precious spices had been smoking there.

At length, when those wicked men perceived that his body could not
be consumed by the fire, they commanded an executioner to go near
and pierce him through with a dagger. And on his doing this, there
came forth a dove, and a great quantity of blood, so that the fire was
extinguished; and all the people wondered that there should be such a
difference between the unbelievers and the elect, of whom this most
admirable Polycarp was one, having in our own times been an apostolic
and prophetic teacher, and bishop of the Catholic Church which is in
Smyrna. For every word that went out of his mouth either has been or
shall yet be accomplished.

St. John the Apostle was preserved from death according to popular belief, when he was placed in boiling oil.

Until 1960, another feast day which appeared in the General Roman Calendar is that of "Saint John Before the Latin Gate" on 6 May, celebrating a tradition recounted by Jerome that St John was brought to Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and was thrown in a vat of boiling oil, from which he was miraculously preserved unharmed. A church (San Giovanni a Porta Latina) dedicated to him was built near the Latin gate of Rome, the traditional site of this event. -John the Apostle (Wikipedia)

This feast is still celebrated by those Catholic attached to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass.

According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. It is said that all in the audience of Colosseum were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this miracle. This event would have occurred in the late 1st century, during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, who was known for his persecution of Christians. - John the Apostle

There are many paintings of the martyrdom of St. John being boiled in oil

21When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” 22Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!” 23Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”… - [John 22: 21- 23](https://biblehub.com/john/21-22.

St. John died of old age about the year 98 AD at Ephesus.

Ancient tradition tells us that St. John the Evangelist died in Ephesus in what is now Turkey about the year 100. In the 4th century, after Constantine put an end to persecution of the Church, Ephesian Christians built a chapel over the apostle’s tomb. In the fifth century Emperor Justinian replaced the chapel with a grand basilica. After the area was conquered by the Turks, the basilica was converted to a mosque, which in turn was destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402. In the 1920s, archaeological teams from Greece and Austria excavated the remains of the basilica and inside found St. John’s grave. The tomb was empty, and no one knows what became of John’s body. - Where Are the 12 Apostles Now?