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Archive Source Index

A page-by-page index of external sources cited across The Miracle Record.

This page groups the archive’s cited external sources by miracle file. Use the search box and section filters to narrow the list, or open any entry to see the full public source trail attached to that page.

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Whole-archive external source index

This page tracks outward-facing source links cited across the documented miracle files.

Filter set

Section, source type, and status

Use the live filters below to narrow the source trail by miracle category, source class, and archive status.

Best use

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Each accordion card opens a page-level dossier of the URLs currently cited for that case file.

Cross-links

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Most miracle pages now point back here directly from their source metadata strip and footer.

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A shorter reading path through the archive’s clearest starting pages.

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Chronological companion to this source index, showing the same miracle files by date marker instead of by citation trail.

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The archive’s curated page for major studies, reports, and historical documents behind selected cases.

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Section titled “Chronology”
  • This index grew as the miracle archive expanded from a smaller flagship set into a broader multi-category record.
  • It now serves as the main public audit trail for the site’s external references.
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Miracle Files 88
Sources Cited 426
Official church / shrine 83
Academic / scholarly 31
News reporting 9
Testimony / ministry 8

Source Type Legend

The archive labels source bases by the kind of public record each page relies on most heavily.

Official church / shrine

Dioceses, sanctuaries, Vatican, bishops, or official parish and shrine records.

Academic / scholarly

Journals, DOI-linked papers, academic presses, research archives, and university resources.

News reporting

Mainstream or Catholic journalism documenting events, interviews, or official announcements.

Testimony / ministry

First-person ministries, witness organizations, or public testimony sites.

Video / media

Recorded talks, documentaries, broadcasts, and public video evidence.

Archive / reference

Reference collections, historical mirrors, and archival summaries that preserve material in public view.

Artifacts Abalaka Icon of the Mother of God (1636-1637) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

Orthodox sources connect the Abalaka Icon in Siberia with a 1636 apparition tradition, a commissioned icon painted in 1637, and the reported healing of the paralytic Euthymius.

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Eucharistic Amsterdam Host Miracle (1345) Objects and relics · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

According to the Amsterdam tradition, a consecrated Host thrown into a fire after a sick man vomited it was later found intact on March 15, 1345. The event became the foundation of the Heilige Stede devotion and the annual Silent Procession in Amsterdam.

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Healing Anna Santaniello — Lourdes Cure (1952, recognized 2005) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 5 sources · 1 media items

Anna Santaniello's cure after a Lourdes pilgrimage in 1952 was officially recognized in 2005 as the 67th miracle of Lourdes.

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Apparitions Assiut, Egypt (2000-2001) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

In 2000 and 2001, large crowds gathered around St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox church and the nearby monastery area in Assiut, Egypt after reports of repeated appearances of the Virgin Mary accompanied by lights and doves.

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Historical Astronomical Candidates for the Star of Bethlehem Archive file · Historical record · 4 sources · 1 media items

Modern astronomy can reconstruct the sky around the probable years of Jesus' birth and test whether major conjunctions, planetary groupings, or a comet match Matthew's Star of Bethlehem. The evidence supports several real candidates, but not one universally agreed identification.

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Historical Astronomical Signs at the Crucifixion Start here · Historical record · 7 sources · 1 media items

A documented astronomical question tied to Jesus' death: whether the reported darkness and the later 'moon to blood' language connect with a real eclipse visible from Jerusalem. Modern eclipse calculations strongly favor a partial lunar eclipse on April 3, 33 CE, not a solar eclipse.

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Healing Bernadette Moriau — Lourdes Cure (2008, recognized 2018) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 7 sources · 1 media items

Sister Bernadette Moriau's recovery after a 2008 pilgrimage to Lourdes was recognized by Catholic authorities in 2018 as the 70th officially recognized miracle of Lourdes.

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Eucharistic Buenos Aires, Argentina — 1996 Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 6 sources · 1 media items

A discarded Host in Buenos Aires was found to have transformed. Samples were sent without explanation to a series of independent scientists. A forensic cardiologist at Columbia University identified it as living human heart muscle with actively moving white blood cells. He had no explanation.

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Healing Danila Castelli — Lourdes Cure (1989, recognized 2013) Medical and healing files · Established tradition · 3 sources · 1 media items

Danila Castelli's recovery after a 1989 Lourdes pilgrimage was officially recognized in 2013 as the 69th miracle of Lourdes.

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Healing Delizia Cirolli — Bone Cancer Cure at Lourdes (1976, recognized 1989) Start here · Recognized / approved · 7 sources · 1 media items

Delizia Cirolli's recovery after pilgrimage to Lourdes became the 65th officially recognized miracle of Lourdes in 1989.

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Eucharistic Eucharistic Miracles — Overview Objects and relics · Established tradition · 3 sources · 0 media items

A guide to the archive’s Eucharistic miracle files: Hosts, blood, corporals, and public shrine traditions tied to the Eucharist.

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Exorcisms Exorcisms & Deliverance - Overview Personal testimonies · Public record · 3 sources · 0 media items

Major exorcism in Catholic practice is a formal rite of prayer used only with the permission of the diocesan bishop. This section documents major cases, their source record, and the setting in which they were carried out.

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Healing Father John Hollowell — Claimed Healing at Lourdes (2022) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 3 media items

An Indiana Catholic priest diagnosed with oligodendroglioma (brain tumor) at the Mayo Clinic in 2020, treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, reports that his tumor disappeared following a solo pilgrimage to Lourdes in June 2022. The case has not been formally submitted to the Lourdes Medical Bureau.

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Testimonies Father John Hollowell — Prayer for Victims Personal testimonies · Public record · 4 sources · 2 media items

In June 2018, an Indiana Catholic priest prayed to be allowed to suffer in reparation for clerical abuse victims. Seizure and spasm episodes later followed, and in February 2020 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the Mayo Clinic. He describes the cancer as an answer to that prayer.

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Exorcisms Fr. Chad Ripperger — Colorado Exorcist Testimony Personal testimonies · Public record · 6 sources · 1 media items

Fr. Chad Ripperger is a Catholic priest and exorcist serving in the Archdiocese of Denver whose public interviews, books, and lecture archive document a large online record of exorcism and deliverance testimony.

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Exorcisms Fr. Dan Reehil — Nashville Exorcist Testimony Personal testimonies · Public record · 7 sources · 2 media items

Fr. Dan Reehil is a Catholic priest, pastor, and exorcist for the Diocese of Nashville whose public interviews and radio work have made him a prominent contemporary source for exorcism and deliverance testimony.

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Exorcisms Fr. Vincent Lampert — Indianapolis Exorcist Testimony Personal testimonies · Public record · 5 sources · 4 media items

Fr. Vincent Lampert is the long-serving exorcist of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis with extensive public interviews and archdiocesan reporting about exorcism ministry, training, and modern casework.

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Testimonies Gabriel Castillo — Claimed Demonic Attack and Marian Deliverance Personal testimonies · Public record · 5 sources · 6 media items

A Texas Catholic evangelist says that while praying the Rosary alone in his dormitory during college, a force pinned him to his bed, choked him, and left when he invoked the name of Mary. The account is preserved through later interviews, talks, and Catholic media appearances.

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Apparitions Garabandal (1961–1965) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 5 media items

Between 1961 and 1965, four girls in San Sebastian de Garabandal, Spain claimed apparitions of St. Michael and the Virgin Mary. The case became famous for filmed ecstasies, backward walks, crowd scenes, and later interviews with Conchita Gonzalez, while the local diocese has not issued a positive recognition of the apparitions as supernatural.

1 News reporting1 Video / media1 Archive / reference
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Testimonies Gloria Polo Ortiz — Near-Death Experience from Lightning Strike Personal testimonies · Public record · 5 sources · 4 media items

A Colombian dentist struck by lightning at the National University of Bogotá in 1995 says she underwent a near-death experience including a life review, purgatory, and encounters with Christ and Mary after surviving severe injuries.

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Exorcisms Gottliebin Dittus / Möttlingen Deliverance (1841–1843) Personal testimonies · Public record · 3 sources · 1 media items

In the Württemberg village of Möttlingen, pastor Johann Christoph Blumhardt accompanied Gottliebin Dittus through a two-year possession-and-healing crisis. Blumhardt's own report and later church memory preserve the case in public Christian deliverance history.

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Healing Healing Miracles: Overview & Lourdes Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 5 sources · 1 media items

Catholic authorities have formally recognized dozens of medically inexplicable cures. At Lourdes alone, the Medical Bureau has reviewed over 7,000 reported recoveries and officially recognized 70. This page explains the process and documents key cases.

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Historical Historical Files — Overview Witness reports and apparitions · Historical record · 3 sources · 0 media items

A guide to the archive’s historical miracle files: biblical stories, astronomy reconstructions, saint traditions, and long-running liturgical phenomena.

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Testimonies Immaculée Ilibagiza — Survival Through Prayer in the Rwandan Genocide Personal testimonies · Public record · 4 sources · 5 media items

A Tutsi woman survived 91 days hidden in a 3-by-4-foot bathroom with seven others during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, during which her family was killed and her weight fell from 115 to 65 pounds. She credits sustained prayer as the source of her mental survival.

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Healing Jean-Pierre Bély — Lourdes Cure (1987, recognized 1999) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 5 sources · 1 media items

Jean-Pierre Bély's recovery after pilgrimage to Lourdes was recognized in 1999 as the 66th officially recognized miracle of Lourdes.

1 News reporting4 Archive / reference
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Healing John Henry Newman Canonization Miracle (2013, approved 2019) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

The canonization miracle attributed to John Henry Newman concerned the recovery of Melissa Villalobos in 2013 during pregnancy after she prayed for Newman’s intercession. The Oratories of England announced in 2019 that Rome had approved the miracle for canonization.

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Healing Kathleen Evans — Mary MacKillop Healing (1993 case, recognized 2009) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

Kathleen Evans of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, recovered from what was described as inoperable lung cancer with secondary brain tumors after prayers through Mary MacKillop's intercession. The Vatican recognized the healing in 2009 for MacKillop's canonization.

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Eucharistic Lanciano, Italy — 750 AD Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 14 sources · 2 media items

A host and wine were preserved in Lanciano, Italy after an 8th-century Mass. In 1970, a professor of anatomy and histological chemistry analyzed them. He found human cardiac tissue and human blood — both type AB — with no preservatives and no scientific explanation for their state.

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Eucharistic Legnica, Poland — 2013 Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 6 sources · 1 media items

On Christmas Day 2013 in Legnica, a dropped host was placed in water and over ten days transformed into a reddish substance. Forensic medicine departments at two independent Polish universities identified the material as human cardiac muscle with changes consistent with agony. Human DNA was confirmed. In 2016, the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith responded favorably and authorized public veneration.

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Apparitions Marian Apparitions — Overview Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 0 media items

A guide to the archive’s Marian apparition files, ranging from early-modern devotion traditions to modern public investigation records.

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Healing Matheus Lins Vianna — Healing through Carlo Acutis' Intercession (2013, recognized 2020) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

Matheus Lins Vianna, a Brazilian child suffering from annular pancreas and constant vomiting, was healed after relic veneration linked to Carlo Acutis in Campo Grande. The Vatican recognized the miracle in 2020 for Carlo Acutis' beatification.

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Apparitions Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1981–present) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 5 sources · 1 media items

Beginning in June 1981, six young people in Medjugorje reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary. The site became one of the world’s largest Catholic pilgrimage destinations, and in 2024 the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a nihil obstat for the spiritual experience linked to Medjugorje while not declaring the reported apparitions supernatural.

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Testimonies Mike Hoesch — Claimed Healing of Malignant Skin Tumor Personal testimonies · Public record · 5 sources · 2 media items

An evangelical Protestant minister from Arizona says a malignant skin tumor diagnosed clinically around 2000 disappeared over several months in 2008 after a major shift in his understanding of divine healing. Publicly available sources do not include biopsy records or post-healing medical documentation.

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Healing Nohad El Shami - St. Charbel Healing (1993) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 5 media items

In 1993, Lebanese devotional sources reported that Nohad El Shami recovered from hemiplegia after a dream in which St. Charbel and St. Maroun operated on her neck. The story is closely associated with the shrine of Annaya and the 22nd-of-the-month pilgrimage practice.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Akita (1973–1981) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 5 sources · 1 media items

In Akita, Japan, Sr. Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa reported Marian messages in 1973 connected to a wooden statue that was said to bleed, sweat, and later weep 101 times. After years of investigation, the local bishop judged the events worthy of belief and authorized veneration within his diocese.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Banneux (1933) Witness reports and apparitions · Established tradition · 5 sources · 1 media items

From January 15 to March 2, 1933, Mariette Beco reported eight apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Banneux, Belgium, where Mary identified herself as the Virgin of the Poor. The apparitions were definitively recognized in 1949.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Beauraing (1932–1933) Witness reports and apparitions · Recognized / approved · 4 sources · 1 media items

At Beauraing, Belgium, five children reported 33 apparitions of the Virgin Mary between late 1932 and early 1933. The local bishop recognized the authenticity of the apparitions in 1949.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Betania (1976–1984) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

At Finca Betania in Venezuela, Maria Esperanza Bianchini reported Marian apparitions beginning in 1976, and a large group of witnesses later reported seeing the Virgin Mary there in 1984. On November 21, 1987, Bishop Pio Bello Ricardo issued a pastoral instruction declaring the apparitions authentic and of supernatural character.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Champion (1859) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

In October 1859, Adele Brise reported a Marian apparition in Champion, Wisconsin. In 2010 Bishop David Ricken approved the apparition as worthy of belief, making Champion the first approved Marian apparition site in the United States.

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Apparitions Our Lady of China / Donglu (1900) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

During the Boxer Rebellion, Catholics at Donglu in Hebei reported that a luminous woman identified as the Virgin Mary protected the village from attack. Later church and parish summaries connect Donglu with the history of the Our Lady of China devotion.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Gietrzwałd (1877) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

In Gietrzwałd, Poland, two girls reported Marian apparitions in 1877 amid anti-Polish pressure and restrictions on Catholic religious life under Prussian rule. The local bishop formally recognized the supernatural character of the apparitions in 1977.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni Witness reports and apparitions · Established tradition · 4 sources · 1 media items

The Marian shrine at Vailankanni in Tamil Nadu is built around several apparition and rescue traditions: a milk-boy vision, the healing of a lame buttermilk boy, and the deliverance of Portuguese sailors from a storm. It became one of the great healing shrines of Asia.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Good Success (Quito, Ecuador) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 6 sources · 1 media items

A long-venerated Marian apparition tradition centered on the Conceptionist convent in Quito, Ecuador and the visions attributed to Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres from 1594 onward. The devotion is tied to a revered statue, centuries of public veneration, and the 1991 canonical coronation and sanctuary decree.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Guadalupe Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 6 sources · 2 media items

In December 1531, a recently converted Indigenous peasant named Juan Diego said he encountered the Virgin Mary four times on a hilltop near Mexico City. The image left on his cloak later became the center of one of the largest pilgrimage traditions in Christianity and centuries of examination followed.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Kibeho (1981–1989) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

In Kibeho, Rwanda, several students reported Marian apparitions beginning in 1981. In 2001 Bishop Augustin Misago issued the definitive local judgment recognizing the authenticity of the apparitions of three visionaries.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Knock (1879) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

On August 21, 1879, fifteen witnesses in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland watched a silent apparition of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist on the south gable of their parish church for approximately two hours — while the ground beneath it stayed dry in heavy rain.

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Apparitions Our Lady of L'Ile-Bouchard (1947) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 5 sources · 1 media items

In December 1947, four schoolgirls at L'Ile-Bouchard said the Virgin Mary appeared with the angel Gabriel inside Saint-Gilles church, urging prayer for France. On December 8, 2001, the Archbishop of Tours authorized public worship and pilgrimages to Notre-Dame de la Prière.

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Apparitions Our Lady of La Salette (1846) Witness reports and apparitions · Recognized / approved · 3 sources · 1 media items

On September 19, 1846, two shepherd children in the French Alps reported seeing a luminous, weeping lady who gave a message calling people to repentance and reconciliation. After five years of investigation, the bishop of Grenoble recognized the apparition.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Laus (1664–1718) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

Benoîte Rencurel reported Marian apparitions at Laus in the French Alps over a span of 54 years. In 2008 the bishop of Gap and Embrun officially recognized the supernatural character of the apparitions.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Lourdes (1858) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 7 sources · 1 media items

In 1858, Bernadette Soubirous reported 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, France. The local bishop recognized the apparitions in 1862, and Lourdes became one of the world's most intensively investigated healing shrines.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Pellevoisin (1876) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 6 sources · 1 media items

In 1876, Estelle Faguette reported 15 Marian apparitions at Pellevoisin, France, after a grave illness and sudden recovery. On August 30, 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a nihil obstat encouraging Marian devotion at the shrine.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Pontmain (1871) Witness reports and apparitions · Recognized / approved · 3 sources · 1 media items

On January 17, 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War, four children in Pontmain reported seeing a luminous lady in the sky accompanied by a message of prayer and hope. The apparition was officially recognized in 1872.

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Apparitions Our Lady of the Cape (1879–1888) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

At Cap-de-la-Madeleine in Quebec, the Marian shrine now known as Our Lady of the Cape grew around two famous events: the 1879 ice bridge that allowed a church to be built and the 1888 'miracle of the eyes' seen in the statue of Mary.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Tre Fontane (1947) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

On April 12, 1947, Bruno Cornacchiola and his children said they saw the Virgin Mary at Tre Fontane in Rome under the title 'Virgin of Revelation.' The Diocese of Rome now treats the site as a diocesan sanctuary, while also stating in its 2025 decree that the phenomenon remains under renewed study and discernment.

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Apparitions Our Lady of Zeitoun (1968–1971) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 17 sources · 2 media items

Between April 1968 and May 1971, a luminous figure identified as the Virgin Mary appeared repeatedly above a Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo, Egypt. The apparitions were witnessed by an estimated hundreds of thousands of people — Muslim and Christian, believer and skeptic — photographed by a staff photographer at Egypt's largest secular newspaper, and officially recognized by both the Coptic Orthodox patriarchate and the Egyptian government.

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Historical Padre Pio Stigmata (1918–1968) Start here · Historical record · 4 sources · 1 media items

From 1918 until his death in 1968, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was publicly associated with wounds corresponding to the stigmata of Christ. The public record includes decades of observation, ecclesiastical restrictions and permissions, and the later Vatican cause that preserved the case in official biography.

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Testimonies Personal Testimonies — Overview Personal testimonies · Public record · 3 sources · 2 media items

First-person accounts of events people describe as divine intervention, documented through memoirs, interviews, and public testimony.

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Artifacts Physical Artifacts — Overview Medical and healing files · Established tradition · 3 sources · 0 media items

A guide to the archive’s physical-artifact files: icons, cloths, ampoules, houses, and other objects tied to miracle stories or enduring public veneration.

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Healing Reported Healings at Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Euclid Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

Public reporting around the National Shrine & Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Euclid, Ohio preserves a named sight-restoration account and later child-healing reports associated with the shrine's Lourdes water and novena prayers.

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Exorcisms Robbie Mannheim / St. Louis Exorcism (1949) Personal testimonies · Public record · 3 sources · 1 media items

In 1949, Jesuit priests in St. Louis performed a major exorcism on a boy later known under pseudonyms such as Robbie Mannheim and Roland Doe. The primary public source most often cited is the diary of Fr. Raymond Bishop, alongside later Jesuit and university summaries.

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Apparitions Rue du Bac / Miraculous Medal (1830) Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 11 sources · 4 media items

In 1830, Catherine Laboure of the Daughters of Charity reported Marian apparitions at Rue du Bac in Paris. The chapel sources say the medal associated with those visions spread rapidly through France and beyond after it was struck in 1832.

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Healing Sister Luigina Traverso — Lourdes Cure (1965, recognized 2012) Start here · Recognized / approved · 6 sources · 1 media items

Sister Luigina Traverso's recovery from paralytic lumbar sciatica during a Lourdes pilgrimage in 1965 was officially recognized in 2012 as the 68th miracle of Lourdes.

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Eucharistic Sokółka, Poland — 2008 Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 7 sources · 1 media items

During a 2008 Mass in Sokółka, a dropped host was placed in water and over seven days transformed into what appeared to be cardiac tissue. Two pathomorphologists at the Medical University of Białystok identified the substance as human myocardium showing markers of pre-death agony, structurally interwoven with the bread substrate.

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Healing St. André Bessette Healing Tradition Medical and healing files · Recognized / approved · 3 sources · 1 media items

Brother André Bessette (1845–1937), the doorkeeper of Notre-Dame College in Montreal and founder of Saint Joseph’s Oratory, became associated with a large public record of healings and answered prayers attributed to the intercession of St. Joseph. The Oratory and the Vatican both preserve that healing tradition as part of his sainthood cause.

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Incorruptibles St. Bernadette Soubirous Objects and relics · Recognized / approved · 3 sources · 1 media items

Bernadette Soubirous died at Nevers in 1879. The official Nevers sanctuary says that inspections of her body in 1909, 1919, and 1925 each found it intact, and her body remains enshrined there today.

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Incorruptibles St. Catherine Laboure Start here · Established tradition · 4 sources · 1 media items

Catherine Laboure died in 1876 after spending decades in hidden service following the 1830 Rue du Bac apparitions. The official Miraculous Medal chapel says that when her tomb was opened in 1933, her body was found intact and transferred beneath an altar at Rue du Bac.

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Historical St. Faustina Kowalska — Divine Mercy Devotion Start here · Historical record · 6 sources · 1 media items

In 1930s Poland, Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska recorded visions of Jesus and instructions tied to the Divine Mercy image, chaplet, feast, and Hour of Mercy. The public file is her Diary, the shrine continuity at Krakow-Lagiewniki, and the later Vatican acts that canonized her and spread the devotion through the Church.

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Historical St. Herman of Alaska Witness reports and apparitions · Historical record · 3 sources · 1 media items

Orthodox sources present St. Herman of Alaska as a missionary monk and wonderworker whose traditions of healings, protection, and intercession are centered on Kodiak and Spruce Island.

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Artifacts St. Januarius Blood Liquefaction Objects and relics · Claim / discernment · 6 sources · 5 media items

Naples preserves ampoules traditionally said to contain the blood of the martyr St. Januarius. Their contents are publicly reported to liquefy during major feast-day rites.

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Historical St. Joseph of Cupertino Levitation Accounts Start here · Historical record · 4 sources · 1 media items

St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603–1663) is one of the most famous Christian saints associated with levitation. The modern public record is preserved mainly through the Church’s saintly biography tradition, which treats repeated episodes of elevation during prayer as part of his historical file.

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Testimonies St. Maria Goretti — Martyrdom, Canonization Miracles, and Her Killer's Reported Religious Change Personal testimonies · Public record · 4 sources · 2 media items

An 11-year-old Italian girl was murdered by her attacker after refusing assault; she forgave him before dying. Her killer later reported a dream vision of her in prison and attended her canonization in 1950. Two miracles were formally verified in the Vatican's five-stage process. The dream rests on hagiographic transmission, not Serenelli's own extant writings.

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Historical St. Thorlak of Iceland Witness reports and apparitions · Historical record · 3 sources · 1 media items

St. Thorlak Thórhallsson, bishop of Skálholt, became Iceland's great medieval miracle saint. After his death in 1193, numerous miracles were attributed to his intercession and devotion to him spread across Iceland.

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Incorruptibles St. Vincent de Paul Objects and relics · Established tradition · 3 sources · 1 media items

The Maison Mere of the Congregation of the Mission in Paris preserves the remains of St. Vincent de Paul in a great silver reliquary above the main altar. The official chapel description notes that the visible face and hands are wax, while the saint's remains are preserved within the shrine.

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Artifacts Sudarium of Oviedo Objects and relics · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

The Cathedral of Oviedo preserves a bloodstained cloth venerated as the head cloth of Jesus. Unlike the Shroud of Turin, it bears no body image; the public file is built around its route tradition, cathedral record, and modern study summaries.

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Apparitions The Apparitions of Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun Witness reports and apparitions · Claim / discernment · 7 sources · 3 media items

Between May and October 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared six times to three shepherd children in Portugal. On October 13, as predicted months in advance, 70,000 witnesses — including atheists and secular journalists — saw the sun appear to dance and plunge toward the earth.

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Eucharistic The Eucharistic Miracle of Alatri (1228) Objects and relics · Claim / discernment · 5 sources · 1 media items

In Alatri, Italy, a consecrated Host hidden after a sacrilegious theft was reported to have become visible flesh. The Diocese of Anagni-Alatri continues to venerate the relic and points to Pope Gregory IX's bull Fraternitatis tuae as the foundational recognition.

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Eucharistic The Eucharistic Miracle of Bolsena-Orvieto (1263) Objects and relics · Established tradition · 3 sources · 1 media items

In 1263, a priest celebrating Mass in Bolsena reportedly saw blood issue from the consecrated Host and stain the corporal. The relic was taken to Orvieto, where official cathedral sources connect it with Corpus Christi devotion and the Chapel of the Corporal.

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Eucharistic The Eucharistic Miracle of Santarem (13th century) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 5 media items

In Santarem, Portugal, a consecrated Host reportedly began to bleed after being removed from Mass for sacrilegious purposes. The relic has been venerated for centuries and remains at the Sanctuary of the Most Holy Miracle of Santarem.

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Eucharistic The Eucharistic Miracle of Seefeld (1384) Objects and relics · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

At Seefeld in Tyrol, a knight demanding a larger Host than the common people reportedly saw the Host turn blood-red, while the stone at the altar sank beneath him. The event made St. Oswald's church one of Tyrol's great pilgrimage sites.

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Eucharistic The Eucharistic Miracle of Siena (1730) Objects and relics · Claim / discernment · 7 sources · 4 media items

In 1730, consecrated Hosts stolen from the Basilica of San Francesco in Siena were recovered days later and have been venerated ever since as incorrupt. The Archdiocese of Siena presents their preservation as a permanent Eucharistic miracle.

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Eucharistic The Eucharistic Miracle of Walldürn (c. 1330) Objects and relics · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

In Walldürn, Germany, a priest reportedly spilled the consecrated chalice, and the corporal was said to bear an image of the Crucified Christ and multiple crowned heads. The relic became the center of one of Germany's great Holy Blood pilgrimages.

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Artifacts The Holy House of Loreto Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 4 sources · 1 media items

The Pontifical Shrine of Loreto preserves the Holy House traditionally identified as the house of Mary from Nazareth. The shrine itself presents both the ancient angelic-translation tradition and a historical hypothesis that Christians transported the house during the Crusader era.

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Incorruptibles The Incorruptibles Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 5 sources · 1 media items

Certain saints' bodies were found in unusual states of preservation after burial. This page surveys major cases, how Catholic sources describe them, and what kinds of records survive.

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Healing The Miracle of Calanda (1640) Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 3 sources · 1 media items

In 1640, Miguel Juan Pellicer of Calanda, Spain reportedly awoke with a leg that had previously been amputated restored. The Zaragoza cathedral history links the claim to a 1640-1641 canonical process.

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Historical The Resurrection of Jesus Start here · Historical record · 16 sources · 4 media items

The central claim of Christianity: that Jesus of Nazareth, crucified under the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate around 30 AD, physically rose from death three days later and appeared to multiple individuals and groups before ascending. The earliest sources, major historical data points, and principal scholarly interpretations are summarized here.

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Artifacts The Shroud of Turin Medical and healing files · Claim / discernment · 14 sources · 1 media items

A 14-foot linen cloth bearing the image of a crucified man. Thirty-three scientists spent five days running every available test on it in 1978. They could not explain how the image was formed. The blood is real. The wounds are consistent with Roman crucifixion. The image mechanism remains unknown.

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Healing Valeria Valverde — Healing through Carlo Acutis' Intercession (2022, recognized 2024) Medical and healing files · Recognized / approved · 3 sources · 1 media items

Valeria Valverde, a Costa Rican student in Florence, suffered catastrophic head trauma after a bicycle crash in July 2022. After her mother prayed at Carlo Acutis' tomb in Assisi, her recovery was recognized by the Vatican in 2024 as the miracle for Carlo's canonization.

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Healing Vittorio Micheli — Sarcoma Cure at Lourdes (1963, recognized 1976) Medical and healing files · Recognized / approved · 4 sources · 1 media items

Vittorio Micheli's recovery from a destructive pelvic sarcoma after a Lourdes pilgrimage was later discussed in medical literature and recognized by Catholic authorities in 1976 as a Lourdes miracle.

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