The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
2 claims
35% authenticAn Italian nun dying from a post-operative gastric fistula recovered instantly after a piece of John XXIII's bed sheet was placed on her wound — the case used for his beatification.
An Italian nun dying from a post-operative gastric fistula recovered instantly after a piece of John XXIII's bed sheet was placed on her wound — the case used for his beatification.
A sealed ampoule claimed to contain the dried blood of 4th-century martyr Januarius liquefies reliably three times per year in Naples, a phenomenon documented since at least 1389 that has failed to occur on roughly a dozen recorded occasions.
A sealed ampoule claimed to contain the dried blood of 4th-century martyr Januarius liquefies reliably three times per year in Naples, a phenomenon documented since at least 1389 that has failed to occur on roughly a dozen recorded occasions.