Apparitiones

James to Spain, and reproduces arguments founded on the writings of the Twelfth Ecumenical Council, discovered by Loaisa, but rejected as spurious by the Jesuit academician Fita and many others.

Tradition recounts appearances to the Bishop of Siponto that led to the dedication of the grotto; the shrine became a major medieval pilgrimage and a model for later Michaeline sanctuaries.

Medieval tradition that during a Roman plague Pope St.

Michael appeared to Bishop Aubert of Avranches and commanded a shrine on the tidal mount.

Our Lady of Nazaré is a medieval Marian devotion centered at the Sanctuary of Nazaré on Portugal's Atlantic coast, traditionally associated with the miraculous rescue of Dom Fuas Roupinho in 1182.

Santo Domingo de la Calzada in La Rioja, Spain, preserves a medieval Marian tradition linked to pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago.

(The Holy House of Loreto). Loreto is a small town a few miles south of Ancona and near the sea.

In 1434, the French pilgrim Simón Vela discovered a Romanesque image of the Virgin Mary on the remote peak of Peña de Francia in the Sierra de Francia, Salamanca.

An apparition and reports of miraculous protection led to the establishment of a sanctuary that consolidated regional devotion under diocesan oversight.

Our Lady of Altagracia (High Grace) is venerated at the Basilica in Higüey, Dominican Republic, with roots in early colonial memory around 1500.

To a neophyte, fifty five years old, named Juan Diego, who was hurrying down Tepeyac hill to hear Mass in Mexico City, on Saturday, 9 December, 1531, the Blessed Virgin appeared and sent him to…

Our Lady of Ocotlán is a 16th-century Marian apparition reported in May 1541 by the indigenous convert Juan Diego Bernardino in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Our Lady of Good Health at Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu, is a major South Indian Marian shrine rooted in sixteenth–seventeenth-century local tradition.

The event was not associated with an individual visionary receiving messages, but rather with the sudden transformation of the sacred image itself.

Our Lady of El Cisne is an Ecuadorian Marian shrine centered on a wooden image venerated since the sixteenth century in the highlands of Loja, southern Ecuador.

The visionary received messages of consolation and prophecy concerning trials facing the Church, and a statue was commissioned to commemorate the apparition.

Our Lady of Santa Librada is venerated in Las Tablas, Panama, where a devotional tradition rooted in the colonial period (circa 1600) has endured through parish and diocesan observance.

Around 1612, two indigenous brothers and an African slave boy collecting salt in the Bay of Nipe, near Santiago de Cuba, discovered a small wooden image of Mary floating in the sea.

After attempts to lighten the load failed, it was discovered that only when the smaller image of the Virgin Mary was removed from the cart could the oxen proceed.

In 1631 St. Michael appeared to the young convert Diego Lázaro near Tlaxcala, revealing a spring of healing water during epidemic hardship.

On 2 August 1635, a mestiza girl named Juana Pereira discovered a small dark image of Mary with the Child near Cartago, Costa Rica.

On 8 September 1652, near the Guanare River in present-day Portuguesa State, Venezuela, the Cospe chief Coromoto reported an apparition of the Virgin Mary calling his people to baptism.

The visionary became known for her humility, obedience to Church authority, and authentic spiritual transformation.

From 1664 to 1718, Benoîte Rencurel, a shepherdess in the French Alps, reported continuous apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Saint-Étienne-le-Laus.

John the Evangelist in December 1673 through the 'great apparition' during the octave of Corpus Christi in June 1675—Christ showed His Heart as the symbol of His burning love for humanity, lamented…

Our Lady of Peace is a seventeenth-century Marian tradition centered on a sacred image discovered at the port of San Miguel, El Salvador around 1682.

Devotion to this Marian image grew during the colonial period and is popularly associated with the early 1700s, though precise historical documentation of the apparition or origin remains limited in…

In October 1717, fishermen in Brazil's Paraíba do Sul River discovered a small, darkened clay image of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.

Our Lady of Ortiga commemorates a reported Marian apparition in the Ortiga locality near Fátima, Portugal, in 1758.

In 1797, a profound event unfolded in Absam, Tirol, Austria, when young Rosina Bucher discovered a luminous image of the Virgin Mary on a windowpane in her home.

Our Lady of La Vang is a Vietnamese Marian tradition rooted in 1798, when Catholics fleeing the Cảnh Thịnh persecution into the Quảng Trị forest reported a vision of Mary offering comfort and healing.

While not an apparition site, its significance as a national shrine, rooted in a foundational historical event and a solemn consecration, is central to Chilean Catholic identity and spirituality.

The devotion commonly known as that of the Miraculous Medal owes its origin to Zoe Labore, a member of the Daughters of Charity of St.

An apparition reported in 1846 to two children, recognized by the Bishop of Grenoble after canonical investigation.

The shrine's origins are rooted in popular piety rather than a specific apparition event.

This entry marks the ecclesial reception and spread of the 1846 French Alpine apparition within Italy, not a new apparition site, centered on prayer, penance, and reverence for God's name and the…

The pilgrimage of Lourdes is founded on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubiroux. The first apparition occurred 11 February, 1858

Identifying herself as the Queen of Heaven, Mary asked Adele to catechize the children of this wild country.

On 17 January 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War, children in Pontmain (Mayenne) witnessed an apparition of a beautiful lady in the evening sky.

In 1877, two young girls, Justyna Szafryńska and Barbara Samulowska, reported daily apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary near a maple tree in Gietrzwałd, Warmia (then under Prussian rule), from…

The shrine became a powerful symbol of Mary's maternal care for her children.

On 21 August 1879, about fifteen witnesses in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, reported a silent apparition of the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, and Saint John the Evangelist beside the parish church.

Our Lady of Donglu is a revered Marian shrine in Hebei, China, where villagers in 1900 credited the Virgin Mary with miraculous protection during the Boxer Uprising.

The apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal (13 May–13 October 1917) rank among the most significant Marian events of the modern era.

The Chaplet of Our Lady of Tears, often accompanied by a special medal, became the principal practice, fostering a spirit of penance and trust in divine mercy.

Catalog status is Holy See recognition through clearance of the devotion, the canonization of the visionary, and the universal feast.

Between November 1932 and January 1933, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared 33 times to five children in Beauraing, Belgium.

During the first apparition, Mariette saw a radiant lady outside her window.

The Cimbres Apparitions, occurring in 1936–1937 in Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil, involved two young sisters, Maria da Conceição and Adélia, who reported visions of Our Lady of Graces.

Wigratzbad is a Marian shrine in Bavaria, Germany, where visions were reported beginning in 1936 amid the rise of Nazi ideology.

In 1946, Barbara Rehm reported six Marian apparitions near Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Germany, where the Blessed Mother reportedly identified herself as the "Great Mediatrix of Grace." The messages…

Rosa Mystica of Montichiari refers to Marian visions reported by Pierina Gilli beginning in 1947 in Brescia, Italy.

Rosa Mystica of Fontanelle (Montichiari) refers to Marian apparitions reported by Pierina Gilli beginning in 1947 at a spring near Montichiari, Italy.

The messages associated with the apparition emphasize conversion, prayer, and spiritual consolation in times of suffering.

From 1954, reports of Marian signs and messages have circulated among the faithful at Escornalbou in Tarragona, Catalonia. The case remains under pastoral discernment without formal diocesan approval.

These reports led to a burgeoning local devotion, with many faithful gathering at the reported apparition site for prayer and reflection.

Associated devotions include a medal, a chaplet, prayers of consecration, and the promotion of a specific image of Our Lady of America crafted according to descriptions given by Sister Mildred.

These events center around the visionary Sebastião Fausto Barreira de Faria, who reported experiencing visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The primary spiritual content was the apparition itself—understood by witnesses as a sign of Mary's presence and maternal care, particularly meaningful in a land of ancient Christian heritage.

In 1973, Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Eucharist in Akita, Japan, reported mystical phenomena including locutions from Mary and a weeping, bleeding statue.

Our Lady of Betania is a Marian apparition reported by María Esperanza de Bianchini beginning on 25 March 1976 at Finca Betania near Cúa, Venezuela.

In 1980, during Nicaragua's civil conflict, sacristan Bernardo Martínez reported apparitions of Mary in San Francisco de Cuapa.

Since June 24, 1981, six young people in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, have reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Peace.

Beginning in November 1981, students at a secondary school in Kibeho, southern Rwanda, reported visions of Mary and Jesus.

The visionary, Gladys Quiroga de Motta, a simple housewife, reported her first experiences on September 25, 1983, when she saw a vision of the Blessed Mother.

During the 1980s, various private reports of Marian phenomena circulated among Catholics in Warsaw, Poland, amid the country's profound spiritual and political upheaval.

Reports of alleged Marian phenomena have been noted in Luiza, Democratic Republic of the Congo, since 1985.

Prayer for conversion and peace is always spiritually beneficial, regardless of the status of any particular apparition report.

The messages associated with the apparition, insofar as they were reported, centered on themes of prayer, conversion, and spiritual renewal.

In 1995, a Marian statue in a private home near Rome in Civitavecchia allegedly began shedding tears. The phenomenon attracted public attention and pilgrims, prompting ecclesiastical investigation.

According to accounts published by supporters of the visionary, the experiences continued over subsequent years and were sometimes linked to particular dates in the liturgical calendar.