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.
7 claims
1% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Philostratus's biography of Apollonius records him apparently restoring a recently deceased Roman senator's daughter to life in Rome -- a miracle explicitly paralleled to Gospel resurrection accounts by later commentators.
Disprovenhealing·Rome
Apollonius of Tyana: The Resurrection of a Roman Girl
Philostratus's biography of Apollonius records him apparently restoring a recently deceased Roman senator's daughter to life in Rome -- a miracle explicitly paralleled to Gospel resurrection accounts by later commentators.
19% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A pregnant Salvadoran woman with life-threatening HELLP syndrome made a complete recovery after her community prayed to Blessed Oscar Romero.
Explainedhealing·El Salvador
Cecilia Maribel Flores: HELLP Syndrome Recovery — Oscar Romero's Canonization Miracle
A pregnant Salvadoran woman with life-threatening HELLP syndrome made a complete recovery after her community prayed to Blessed Oscar Romero.
52% authenticGenuinely uncertain
A Costa Rican lawyer diagnosed with an inoperable brain aneurysm recovered completely after praying to Blessed John Paul II during his beatification broadcast.
Silver · promotablehealing·San José, Costa Rica
Floribeth Mora Díaz: Inoperable Brain Aneurysm Disappears After John Paul II Beatification
A Costa Rican lawyer diagnosed with an inoperable brain aneurysm recovered completely after praying to Blessed John Paul II during his beatification broadcast.
4% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Modern dermatology and psychiatry have identified several plausible mechanisms — psychogenic purpura, hematidrosis, Gardner-Diamond syndrome, and deliberate self-infliction — that can produce stigmata-like wounds without supernatural causation.
Explainedbaselines·Various (general scientific literature)
Natural Explanations for Stigmata: Scientific Overview
Modern dermatology and psychiatry have identified several plausible mechanisms — psychogenic purpura, hematidrosis, Gardner-Diamond syndrome, and deliberate self-infliction — that can produce stigmata-like wounds without supernatural causation.
2% authentic
Strong natural explanation
When a sarcophagus believed to contain Saint Cecilia was opened in 1599, witnesses reported finding a body in a distinctive position; sculptor Stefano Maderno created an exact marble replica — but no witness actually saw her face, and historians dispute the account.
Unprovenrelics·Basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, Italy
Saint Cecilia — The 1599 Discovery and Maderno's Sculpture
When a sarcophagus believed to contain Saint Cecilia was opened in 1599, witnesses reported finding a body in a distinctive position; sculptor Stefano Maderno created an exact marble replica — but no witness actually saw her face, and historians dispute the account.
55% authentic
Genuinely uncertain
A French Franciscan nun with nearly 50 years of cauda equina syndrome — spinal nerve compression causing chronic paraplegia — recovered completely during a 2008 Lourdes pilgrimage, recognized as the 70th miracle in 2018.
Silver · promotablehealing·Lourdes, France (patient from France)
Sister Bernadette Moriau: 70th Lourdes Miracle — Cauda Equina Syndrome Resolved
A French Franciscan nun with nearly 50 years of cauda equina syndrome — spinal nerve compression causing chronic paraplegia — recovered completely during a 2008 Lourdes pilgrimage, recognized as the 70th miracle in 2018.
6% authentic
Strong natural explanation
The 1st-century CE Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was credited with healings, exorcisms, prophecy, and a resurrection in a biography by Philostratus written c. 220-235 CE.
Disprovenhealing·Tyana (Cappadocia); Ephesus; Rome
The Miracles of Apollonius of Tyana
The 1st-century CE Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was credited with healings, exorcisms, prophecy, and a resurrection in a biography by Philostratus written c. 220-235 CE.