77 events with tag "miracle"
204 BC
ID: 5965
April 204 BC
Miracle at Ostia - ship carrying stone runs aground, Vestal Virgin Claudia Quinta (accused of unchastity) pulls it free with her belt, proving innocence
ID: 5965
164 BC
ID: 2976
December 25, 164 BC
Temple rededicated - exactly three years after desecration, one day's oil burns eight days (tradition), Hanukkah established
ID: 2976
30
ID: 5429
Wedding at Cana - Jesus turns water into wine, his first miracle, wine steward notes it's the best wine saved for last
ID: 5429
155
ID: 3804
St. Polycarp martyred at 86 - 'Eighty-six years I have served Him', fire refuses to burn him, finally killed by sword
ID: 3804
286
ID: 4151
St. Pantaleon martyred in Nicomedia - physician who treated poor for free, survived six execution attempts before beheading
ID: 4151
360
ID: 4874
Julian the Apostate promises Temple rebuilding - Babylonian Jews excited, project fails mysteriously (earthquake/fire)
ID: 4874
380
ID: 4180
St. Donatus kills dragon with spit - dragon poisoning wells near Venice dies when saint spits in its mouth (Venetian chronicles)
ID: 4180
386
ID: 4918
March 18, 386
Death of St. Cyril of Jerusalem - Doctor of the Church, witnessed miraculous appearance of cross in sky over Jerusalem
ID: 4918
436
ID: 5248
Genevieve heals her mother's blindness - makes sign of cross with well water over mother's eyes, sight restored
ID: 5248
440
ID: 5249
Genevieve begins expelling demons - gains reputation for freeing possessed persons through prayer and fasting
ID: 5249
455
ID: 5251
Devil extinguishes Genevieve's candle on bridge - she prays, candle relights miraculously, becomes her iconographic symbol
ID: 5251
464
ID: 5252
Genevieve breaks Childeric's siege of Paris - leads flotilla up Seine to Troyes for grain, feeds starving city
ID: 5252
496
ID: 2821
Miracle of Holy Ampulla - dove brings vial of chrism from heaven for Clovis's baptism, used for French coronations until 1825
ID: 2821
834
ID: 5261
Drought ends after procession with Genevieve's relics - Bishop carries relics to Notre-Dame, rain begins before returning to church
ID: 5261
886
ID: 5262
Paris survives Viking siege - citizens invoke St. Genevieve's protection, Odo of Paris leads successful defense
ID: 5262
972
ID: 5455
Saint Mayeul of Cluny captured by Saracens in Alps, miraculously freed after ransom; event leads to expulsion of Saracen stronghold at Fraxinetum
ID: 5455
988
ID: 2636
May 19, 988
Death of St. Dunstan - dies after seeing vision of angels, Ascension Day, greatest Anglo-Saxon churchman
ID: 2636
1000
ID: 5179
Robert II begins healing scrofula by royal touch - establishes sacred kingship tradition lasting 800 years
ID: 5179
1120
ID: 5457
Saint Hugh of Cluny canonized by Pope Calixtus II; credited with numerous miracles and making Cluny the most powerful monastery in Europe
ID: 5457
1129
ID: 5258
Burning sickness (ergotism) epidemic ends - after Genevieve's relics carried in procession, 14,000 cured, annual feast established
ID: 5258
1165
ID: 5199
August 21, 1165
Birth of Philip Augustus - 'God-given' heir born after Louis VII's three marriages, future great king
ID: 5199
1171
ID: 195
Miracles at Becket's tomb begin immediately - Canterbury becomes greatest pilgrimage site in England
ID: 195
1174
ID: 2378
Henry II does penance at Becket's tomb - walks barefoot through Canterbury, scourged by monks, revolt collapses immediately after
ID: 2378
1182
ID: 151
St. Christina the Astonishing dies during Mass, resurrects at her funeral, flies to church rafters - repelled by odor of sin on human bodies
ID: 151
1183
ID: 153
Christina flees to wilderness, lives in trees like bird - miraculously lactates from virgin breasts to survive nine weeks without food
ID: 153
1185
ID: 154
Christina walks through deep Meuse River unharmed after receiving Communion - priests watch her emerge dry on opposite bank
ID: 154
1187
ID: 156
Christina remains underwater in frozen Meuse for six days - priest commands her return in Christ's name
ID: 156
1189
ID: 158
Christina pursued by dogs through thorns until body drenched in blood - washing reveals no wounds, blood miraculously replenished
ID: 158
1192
ID: 160
Christina's virgin breasts flow with clear oil when imprisoned - uses it to season bread and heal festering wounds from chains
ID: 160
1206
ID: 131
Crucifix of San Damiano speaks to St. Francis - 'Rebuild my Church which is falling into ruin'
ID: 131
1210
ID: 165
Christina spins like top in ecstasy, then angelic melody sounds between throat and chest - no breath from mouth or nose
ID: 165
1212
ID: 132
Children's Crusade - thousands of children attempt to reach Holy Land, most enslaved or die
ID: 132
1213
ID: 2
Battle of Muret - St. Dominic prays Rosary while Catholic forces defeat Albigensians
ID: 2
1213
ID: 175
June 23, 1213
Blessed Marie d'Oignies dies - Beguine mystic whose Life by Jacques de Vitry first mentions Christina the Astonishing
ID: 175
1218
ID: 124
St. Peter Nolasco receives vision of Virgin Mary - founds Mercedarians to ransom Christian slaves
ID: 124
1223
ID: 4
St. Francis creates first living Nativity scene at Greccio, witnesses see Christ Child appear in his arms
ID: 4
1224
ID: 171
July 24, 1224
Christina dies, Sister Beatrice commands her return in Christ's name - Christina resurrects, answers question, dies third and final time
ID: 171
1224
ID: 5
September 14, 1224
St. Francis receives stigmata on Mount La Verna, becoming Christ's standard bearer
ID: 5
1225
ID: 140
St. Francis rolls in rose bush to combat temptation - roses bloom in winter, thorns disappear
ID: 140
1225
ID: 3593
St. Anthony of Padua: Miracle of the mule - Heretic's mule refuses food for three days, then kneels before Blessed Sacrament rather than eat, converting the heretic
ID: 3593
1226
ID: 8
October 3, 1226
St. Francis dies welcoming 'Sister Death', larks circle at night
ID: 8
1227
ID: 9
St. Anthony of Padua's miracle of bilocation - seen preaching in two churches simultaneously on Easter
ID: 9
1227
ID: 3594
St. Anthony preaches to fish when heretics refuse to listen: 'Listen to the word of God, you fish of the sea and river, since the heretics refuse to hear it'
ID: 3594
1228
ID: 130
Miracle at Assisi - singing heard from tabernacle, St. Francis appears to brothers after death
ID: 130
1231
ID: 172
Christina's tomb opened after seven years - sweet fragrance fills all present, healing graces conferred on faithful
ID: 172
1231
ID: 10
June 13, 1231
St. Anthony dies - children cry 'The saint is dead!' 32 miracles verified within days
ID: 10
1231
ID: 110
November 17, 1231
St. Elizabeth of Hungary dies at 24 - gave away entire royal fortune, miracle of roses when caught feeding poor
ID: 110
1232
ID: 125
St. Anthony of Padua canonized 11 months after death - fastest canonization in history, tongue found incorrupt
ID: 125
1235
ID: 129
St. Hedwig of Silesia walks barefoot in winter - Duke forces shoes on her, she carries them
ID: 129
1240
ID: 3595
St. Clare repels Saracen attack on San Damiano - Carries Blessed Sacrament to wall, Saracens flee in terror - Voice from tabernacle: 'I will always protect you'
ID: 3595
1253
ID: 142
St. Clare multiplies single loaf to feed 50 sisters - similar to Gospel miracle
ID: 142
1260
ID: 121
St. Thomas Aquinas seen levitating during Mass at Dominican convent - witnessed by many brothers
ID: 121
1263
ID: 123
St. Raymond of Penyafort at age 88 walks on his cloak across sea to Barcelona
ID: 123
1264
ID: 122
Miracle of Bolsena - Host bleeds on corporal, Urban IV institutes Feast of Corpus Christi
ID: 122
1273
ID: 119
St. Margaret of Cortona has vision of her murdered lover - converts from life of sin, receives revelations
ID: 119
1320
ID: 118
Blessed Margaret of Castello dies - blind, lame, hunchbacked, abandoned by parents, becomes Dominican tertiary, miracles at tomb
ID: 118
1330
ID: 146
Miracle at Blanot - consecrated wine turns to blood, coagulates in chalice
ID: 146
1345
ID: 135
Miracle of Amsterdam - stolen Host thrown in fire won't burn, becomes major pilgrimage site
ID: 135
1375
ID: 3584
St. Catherine: Miraculously learns to write (previously illiterate) - Christ: 'I am He who is, you are she who is not' - Begins dictating 'Dialogue' - Christ on mercy: 'My mercy is incomparably greater than all the sins anyone could commit'
ID: 3584
1382
ID: 150
Wilsnack Pilgrimage begins - three miraculous bleeding Hosts survive church fire, thousands seek healing
ID: 150
1389
ID: 138
First recorded liquefaction of St. Januarius's blood in Naples - continues to present day
ID: 138
1399
ID: 113
St. Vincent Ferrer's apocalyptic preaching converts thousands - claims to be Angel of Apocalypse
ID: 113
1410
ID: 148
Image of Our Lady of Good Counsel miraculously appears on church wall in Genazzano
ID: 148
1412
ID: 127
St. Vincent Ferrer simultaneously preaches in different languages - each hears in own tongue
ID: 127
1412
ID: 3552
St. Vincent Ferrer (age 62) raising the dead in Spain - Documented case: Child crushed by cart, Vincent prays, child rises whole
ID: 3552
1413
ID: 3553
St. Vincent Ferrer: Gift of tongues manifests powerfully - Speaks only Spanish/Latin but Germans, French, Greeks all hear in native language - 'Christ lives! Christ reigns! Christ commands!'
ID: 3553
1429
ID: 27
May 8, 1429
St. Joan lifts siege of Orleans - arrow through shoulder, continues fighting
ID: 27
1431
ID: 28
May 30, 1431
St. Joan burned at Rouen - dies crying 'Jesus!' Heart found intact in ashes
ID: 28
1442
ID: 114
St. Rita receives thorn wound on forehead after praying before crucifix - wound remains 15 years until death
ID: 114
1453
ID: 3564
Holy Face of Genoa (separate from Shroud) performs miracle - Image on cloth spontaneously appears during Mass - Byzantine emperor's gift authenticated by bleeding
ID: 3564
1456
ID: 115
St. John of Capistrano at 70 leads crusade at Belgrade - dying two months after victory
ID: 115
1470
ID: 33
St. Nicholas of Flue begins 19-year fast - living only on Eucharist, verified by authorities
ID: 33
1480
ID: 3570
Our Lady of CzΔstochowa - Multiple miraculous defenses of Jasna GΓ³ra monastery (1480-1490) - 1430: Image slashed by Hussite raiders - wounds remain visible
ID: 3570
1610
ID: 3455
Miracle of Holy Face image at Spanish monastery - Nun sees Face of Christ bleed during prayer - Blood analyzed as human type AB (same as Shroud)
ID: 3455
1652
ID: 3419
Holy Face of Lucca performs miracle in Italy - Ancient crucifix with Holy Face sweats blood during plague outbreak - many healed - Scientists cannot explain phenomenon
ID: 3419
1664
ID: 3421
OUR LADY OF TEARS - Syracuse image weeps human tears - Scientific investigation confirms supernatural nature - Occurs as rationalism denies miracles
ID: 3421
1694
ID: 3441
Shroud of Turin - Duke Victor Amadeus II commissions new chapel - Blessed Sebastian ValfrΓ© has vision while praying before Shroud - Christ speaks: 'This burial cloth that wrapped Me will wrap the world'
ID: 3441