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.
6 claims
When Catherine Labouré's body was exhumed in 1933 for beatification — 57 years after her death — physicians reported it was flexible and fresh, with blue eyes intact; her body remains on display in Paris at the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal.
When Catherine Labouré's body was exhumed in 1933 for beatification — 57 years after her death — physicians reported it was flexible and fresh, with blue eyes intact; her body remains on display in Paris at the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal.
A hollow bronze Virgin Mary statue at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Hobbs, New Mexico, appeared to weep an olive-oil-like substance in 2018, prompting a formal Diocese investigation that confirmed the liquid was rose-scented olive oil.
A hollow bronze Virgin Mary statue at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Hobbs, New Mexico, appeared to weep an olive-oil-like substance in 2018, prompting a formal Diocese investigation that confirmed the liquid was rose-scented olive oil.
John Vianney's body was found dried and darkened after death and bears a wax mask over the face; his heart, removed in 1904, is separately venerated as a first-class relic and described as incorrupt, though it has undergone a century of conservation treatment.
John Vianney's body was found dried and darkened after death and bears a wax mask over the face; his heart, removed in 1904, is separately venerated as a first-class relic and described as incorrupt, though it has undergone a century of conservation treatment.
On August 21, 1879, fifteen witnesses in Knock, Ireland, reported seeing a silent tableau of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, and a lamb on the south gable of the parish church, glowing in heavy rain.
On August 21, 1879, fifteen witnesses in Knock, Ireland, reported seeing a silent tableau of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, and a lamb on the south gable of the parish church, glowing in heavy rain.
Beginning in 1727, pilgrims at the tomb of Jansenist deacon Francois de Paris in the Saint-Medard cemetery reported miraculous cures and fell into violent convulsions; the phenomenon attracted thousands and became David Hume's chosen test case for miracle testimony.
Beginning in 1727, pilgrims at the tomb of Jansenist deacon Francois de Paris in the Saint-Medard cemetery reported miraculous cures and fell into violent convulsions; the phenomenon attracted thousands and became David Hume's chosen test case for miracle testimony.
Vincent de Paul was briefly believed incorrupt, but flooding in the vault caused full decomposition; his disarticulated bones were reassembled by surgeons and are now encased inside a wax effigy at the Vincentian mother house in Paris.
Vincent de Paul was briefly believed incorrupt, but flooding in the vault caused full decomposition; his disarticulated bones were reassembled by surgeons and are now encased inside a wax effigy at the Vincentian mother house in Paris.