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According to legend, in the early days of the Church
on January 2, 40 AD, the Apostle James the Great
was proclaiming the Gospel in Caesaraugusta
(present day Zaragoza) by the river Ebro, when he
saw Mary miraculously appearing in the flesh on a Traditional approval
1 Our Lady of the Pillar 40
pillar calling him to return to Jerusalem. The pillar,
Oct.12
only
which was being carried by angels, is believed to be
the same one venerated in Zaragoza, Spain today.
Miraculous healings have been reported at the
location.

According to some legends, St. John the Evangelist

The Woman Clothed in Traditional approval
2 81 received a vision of the Virgin Mary before he -
only
the Sun composed the Book of Revelation.

A wealthy but childless Roman couple, John and his

wife decided to leave their fortune to the Church. The
Virgin appeared to them on the night of August 4th
and told them that she wished a basilica to be Traditional approval
3 Our Lady of the Snows 352
constructed on the Esquiline Hill which would be
Aug. 05
only
outlined in snow. Pope Liberius also received the
same message from the Virgin and ordered the
construction of St. Mary Major Basilica.

Dom Pelayo, first King of the Asturias led the first A Basilica stands at
the spot of the
victory over the Moors in all the Iberian Peninsula in
4 Our Lady of Covadonga 722
the year 722. Our Lady appeared to him and left
Sept. 07 apparition to honor
Our Lady of
behind a statue of Herself and the Christ Child. Covadonga.

Our Lady of Walsingham is a title used for Mary, the

mother of Jesus. The title derives from the belief that
Mary appeared in a vision to Richeldis de Faverches,
Our Lady of a devout Saxon noblewoman, in 1061 in the village Catholic church
5 1061 Sept. 24
approved
Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk, England. Lady Richeldis
had a Holy House built in Walsingham which became
a shrine and place of pilgrimage.

Domingo de Guzman, also known as St. Dominic,

was a Spanish preacher. He made his way to
France, and while praying in a chapel in Prouille, Catholic church
6 Our Lady of the Rosary 1208
Mary appeared to him and gave him the Rosary and
Oct. 07
approved
urged him to preach the Rosary to all people as a
remedy against heresy and sin.

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The Blessed Virgin appeared to Saint Peter, to his

confessor, Raymund of Pennafort, and to King
James of Aragon, and through these three men The Order of the
established a work of the redemption of captives. Mercedarians was
7 Our Lady of Ransom 1218 She desired the establishment of the Mercedarian Sept. 24 approved by
religious order. (derives from the Spanish word for Gregory IX on Jan
mercy - merced ) Its members would seek to free 17, 1235
Christian captives and offer themselves, if necessary,
as an exchange.

In answer to St. Simon Stock's appeal for help for his Confirmation of the
oppressed order, the Virgin Mary appeared to him Rule of the Order by
8 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 1251 with a scapular in her hand and the promise of safety July 16 Pope Honorius III,
from Hell. Soon after, he instituted the confraternity of Gregory IX, and
the Brown Scapular. Pope Innocent IV

According to tradition, on August 29, 1490 the Virgin

Mary appeared to a peasant called Benedetto Pareto No official approval.
and asked him to build a chapel on the mountain. The shrine was
9 Our Lady of the Guard 1490 Pareto was surprised and replied that he was only a - visited by Popes
poor man and would not be able to do that. But the John Paul II and
Virgin Mary exhorted him by saying “Do not be Benedict XVI.
afraid!”

The Blessed Virgin Mary, by her title, Our Lady of

Guadalupe, is the Patroness of Mexico and the
Americas. On December 9, 1531, Our Lady
appeared to Saint Juan Diego, an Indian Christian,
whom she sent to the bishop with the request to build
a Church in her honor on the hill where she
1555 by Archbishop
appeared. She directed Juan Diego to gather a
10 Our Lady of Guadalupe 1531 Dece. 12 Alonso de Montúfar
bouquet of roses that miraculously appeared on a (Vatican approved)
bush nearby to present to the bishop. Juan Diego
gathered the roses in his tilma (cloak). When he
opened his tilma before the bishop, the roses fell to
the floor, and the bishop was amazed to see the
miraculous image of the Mother of God imprinted on
the cloak. Her feast day is December 12.

A young native Tlaxcalan man named Juan Diego Pope Benedict XIV
Bernardino was going to draw water from a river granted
believed at the time to have healing properties. Our Indulgences,
2nd privileges and
Lady appeared to him and led him to a special spring
11 Our Lady of Ocotlan 1541 Sunday of Apostolic indults to
of water. She promised him that an image of herself the faithful
July
could be found within a tree. The Franciscans venerating the
discovered the image and placed it in the San image of Our Lady
Lorenzo monastery. of Ocotlan.

There are three major events associated with Our

Lady of Good of Health in Vailankanni. The Virgin
Mary is said by tradition to have appeared to a
shephered boy named Tamil Krishnannesti Nov 3, 1962
Our Lady of Good Sankaranarayanam who offered her child milk. She (Pope John the XXIII
12 1580 Sept. 08
raises the Shrine to
Health is subsequently said to have appeared to and healed
a crippled boy selling buttermilk. A group of Basilica status)
Portuguese sailors attribute being saved from a
violent storm to her intercession. They constructed a
larger chapel at their landing spot in Vailankanni.

According to tradition, the icon was discovered on

July 8, 1579, underground in the city of Kazan by a
little girl, Matrona, to whom the location of the image
was revealed by the Theotokos, the Blessed Virgin
13 Our Lady of Kazan 1579 - -
Mary, in a Marian apparition.[1] The original icon was
kept in the Theotokos Monastery of Kazan, built to
commemorate the spot where it had been
discovered.

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Our Lady of Good Success appeared to Spanish-

born Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres at her Feb 2, 1611 -
Our Lady of Good Conceptionist Royal Convent in Quito, Ecuador. She Bishop Salvador de
14 1594 Feb. 02
Riber (Vatican
Success requested that a statue be made in her likeness and
warned of diminishing faith and vocations in the 20th approved)
century.

Mariana de Jésus Torres, one of the young nuns who

travelled from spain to Quito to start the first convent,
saw the Blessed Mother herself. She asked her if she
would be willing to offer her life for the sins of the
Twentieth century. She was also given the choice to
Our Lady of Good stay in heaven or earth. Mariana decided to stay. On Catholic church
15 1610 Feb. 02
approved
success February 2, 1610, as Mariana was praying to the
Blessed Mother, she appeared to her and stated: “I
am Mary of Good Success, whom you have invoked
with such tender affection. Your prayer has pleased
me very much. Your faith has brought me here. Your
love has invited me to visit you.

The town of El Cobre was founded in 1550 as a

Spanish copper mine, worked by slaves and Indians.
One day in 1608, two Indians and a slave boy were
gathering salt on the coast near El Cobre when they
Catholic church
16 Our Lady of Charity 1604 saw something floating in the water. It was a small Sept. 08
approved
statue of the Virgin Mary, carrying the Christ child and
a gold cross. She floated on a board bearing the
inscription, Yo soy la Virgen de la Caridad, "I am the
Virgin of Charity."

One summer day, in 1608, a number of children were

playing while tending their sheep in a field on the
outskirts of the village of Siluva. They beheld a
Aug 17, 1775 by
beautiful young woman standing on the rock holding
17 Our Lady of Siluva 1608 Sept. 08 Pope Pius VI.
a baby in her arms and weeping bitterly. The town (Vatican approved)
which had lost its Catholic identity to the Calvinists
over the course of 80 years was restored to the
Faith.

Traditional approval
only. In 1950, Pope
The first apparition of the Virgin Mary was in the Pius XII declared Our
forest where the Cospes had fled, on September 8, Lady of Coromoto the
1652, when the Virgin appeared to the Cacique Patroness of
Venezuela. Pope John
Our Lady of Good of (ruler) of the Cospes Coromoto and his wife, saying
18 1652 Feb. 02 Paul II crowned the
Coromoto in his own language: "Go to the white house and ask image and Pope
them to pour water into their head to go to heaven"; Benedict XVI elevated
then, the Virgin asked him and his tribe to be the National Shrine of
Our Lady of Coromoto
baptized. to the rank of Minor
Basilica.

Benoite Rencurel, a poor shepherdess, was born in May 4, 2008 -Bishop

1647. The Virgin Mary started appearing to her in Jean-Michel di Falco
19 Our Lady of Le Laus 1664 1664 and continued visiting her throughout the rest of Sept. 27 of the Diocese of
her life. The Blessed Mother told her to “pray Gap (Vatican
continuously for sinners.” approved)

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In 1754, Maria Mueses de Quinones, an Indian

woman from the village of Potosi, Colombia and her
deaf-mute daughter Rosa were caught in a very
strong storm. They sought refuge in a canyon
between the gigantic Lajas. To Maria's surprise, her
mute daughter, Rosa exclaimed with her first words Traditional approval
"the mestiza is calling me..." She did not see the only. The Roman
Catholic Church
figures of a woman and child that the girl described
20 Our Lady of Las Lajas 1754 Sept. 16 authorized the cult
and fearfully ran back with her daughter to Ipiales of Nuestra Señora
and told the townspeople. After later returning to the de Las Lajas Virgin
spot, the woman saw an apparition of Our Lady and in 1951.
Child. Some months later, Rosa died and was
returned to life when her mother prayed again at the
cave. The townspeople came to see this place and
encountered the miraculous image burned into the
rocks.

Many Christians took refuge in the jungle near

Quang Tri where they prepared themselves for
martyrdom. Many people died from the weather,
wildlife, sickness and starvation. One night while Traditional approval
praying the rosary they were visited by an apparition only. Pope John
of Our Blessed Mother holding a child in her arms, Paul II celebrated
21 Our Lady of LaVang 1798 Nov. 22
the 200th
with two angels at her sides. She comforted them
and told them to boil the leaves from the surrounding anniversary of the
trees to use as medicine. She also told them that all apparitions.
those who came to this place to pray, would get their
prayers heard and answered. All those who were
present, including Buddhists, witnessed this miracle.

According to legend, the Virgin Mary appeared in Traditional approval

Lichen, Poland to Tomasz Klossowski, a wounded only. In 1967 the
soldier, in 1813 who was healed and discovered a Primate of Poland
1813, miraculous portrait of Our Lady. She then appeared crowned the image.
22 Our Lady of Lichen -
Pope John Paul II
1850 to a poor shepherd, Mikolaj Sikatka, in 1850 who
promoted her devotion. She foretold of a cholera consecrated the
epidemic and interceded for the healing of many who Sanctuary on June
7,1999.
sought her help.

In the chapel of the Daughters of Charity of St.

Vincent de Paul, Mary showed herself three times to
1836 by Archbishop
Our Lady of the novice Catherine Laboure. Laboure said she was
23 1830 Nov. 27 de Quelen of Paris.
Miraculous Medal commissioned by the Virgin to have the medal of the (Vatican approved)
Immaculate Conception or "Miraculous Medal" made
in order to spread devotion to Our Lady.

Marie Alphonse Ratisbonne, an anti-Catholic Jew,

befriended a baron in Rome and began wearing the
Miraculous Medal as a simple test. On Jan 20, 1842 June 3, 1842 by the
Vicar General of
while waiting for the baron in the church Sant Andrea
24 Our Lady of Zion 1842 Nov. 17 Pope Gregory XVI,
delle Fratte, Ratisbonne encountered a vision of the Cardinal Patrizi.
Blessed Virgin Mary. He converted to Catholicism, (Vatican approved)
joined the priesthood, and began a ministry for the
conversion of Jews.

Six thousand feet up in the French Alps, Mary is

Nov 16th, 1851 by
believed to have come to Maximin and Melanie while
25 Our Lady of La Salette 1846 Sept. 19 Mgr de Bruillard
they tended sheep. Her appearance in sorrow and (Vatican approved)
tears called for conversion and penance for sins.

At the Grotto of Massabielle, the Virgin showed Jan 18, 1862 by

Bertrand Severe
herself 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous. Under the
26 Our Lady of Lourdes 1858
title "the Immaculate Conception," she called for
Feb.11 Laurence, Bishop of
Tarbes (Vatican
penance and prayer for the conversion of sinners. approved)

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Our Lady appeared 3 times to a 28 year old Belgium Dec 8, 2010 by

farm woman and asked to pray for the conversion of Bishop David L.
27 Our Lady Of Good Help 1859 -
Ricken (Bishop-
sinners and encouraged her to envangelize and
catechize the local people. approved)

Mary appeared on a farm to students at the nearby

convent school (Eugene Barbadette (12), Francoise
Richer (11), Jeanne-Marie Lebosse (9), Eugene Feb 1875 Bishop
28 Our Lady of Hope 1871 Friteau (6)). Mary's message was written on a banner Jan 17 Laval. (Vatican
that unfurled from her feet: "But pray my children. approved)
God will hear you in a short time. My Son allows
Himself to be moved by compassion.

In 1876 in the village of Pellevoisin, Estelle Faguette No official approval

lay dying, at the age of 33, of pulmonary tuberculosis, of supernatural
acute peritonitis and an abdominal tumor. On the event. May 1894
Our Lady of the Pope Leo XIII
10th of February 1976, one of the doctors consulted,
29 Scapular of the Sacred 1876 - approved the
Doctor Benard of Buzançais only gave her a few Archconfraternity of
Heart hours to live. During the night of the February 14th, our Mother All
she claimed to witness the first of fifteen apparitions Merciful of
of the Blessed Virgin and was healed. Pellevoisin.

Bishop Filip
In 1877, the Virgin Mary appeared to two girls Krementz 1878;
(Justyna Szafrynska (13), Barbara Samulowska (12)) Warmian Bishop,
30 Our Lady of Gietrzwald 1877 -
Jozef Drzazga Sept
over the course of 3 months and encouraged a
return to prayer. 11, 1977. (Vatican
approved)

During a pouring rain, the figures of Mary, Joseph, In 1936 Archbishop

John the Apostle and a lamb on a plain altar of Tuam, Dr.
Gilmartin's
appeared over the gable of the village chapel,
31 Our Lady of Knock 1879 Aug. 21 investigative
enveloped in a bright light. None of them spoke. At commission returns
least 15 people, between the ages of 5 and 75, saw a positive verdict.
the apparition. (Vatican approved)

Traditional approval
The Virgin appeared as the Queen of the Rosary on only. Pope Paul VI
March 3, 1884 to Fortuna Agrelli after she and her crowned the image
32 Our Lady of Pompeii 1884 -
in 1965; John Paul II
parents had prayed for her recovery from an illness.
The girl was healed on May 8 of that year. visited the shrine in
1979 and 2003.

Two women, Fabiana Cecchino (35) and Serafina 1889 -Mgr.

Macarone-Palmieri,
Our Lady of Sorrows Giovanna Valentino (33), had a vision of Mary first as
33 1888 - Bishop of the
(Castelpetroso, Italy) the Pieta and later as Our Lady of Sorrows in a cave diocese of Bojano.
at Castelpetroso, Italy. (Vatican approved)

The Virgin Mary appeared as a beautiful lady in the

skies when Catholics implored Her to save them from
their enemies and their city from destruction during 1932
(Pope Pius XI
the Boxer Rebellion. In thanks giving for Our Lady’s
34 Our Lady of China 1900 - approved it as an
protection over the city of Donglu, a beautiful church official Marian
was built in her honour. It was meant to serve as a Shrine)
constant reminder to the people of Mary’s loving and
motherly protection.

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While tending sheep, Lucia de Santos and her two

cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, reported six
Our Lady of Fatima / apparitions of Mary, who identified herself as "Our October 13, 1930
35 1917 May 13
(vatican approved)
Our Lady of the Rosary Lady of the Rosary." Mary urged prayer of the rosary,
penance for the conversion of sinners and
consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart.

Mary is believed to have come 33 times to the

playground of a convent school to five children. July 2, 1949 by the
The Virgin with the
36 1932 Identifying herself as "the Immaculate Virgin" and Nov. 29 Bishop of Namur.
Golden Heart "Mother of God, Queen of Heaven," she called for (Vatican approved)
prayer for the conversion of sinners.

In a garden behind the Beco family's cottage, the

March 19th, 1942
Blessed Mother is said to have appeared to Mariette
Bishop Kerkhofs of
37 The Virgin of the Poor 1933 Beco (age 11) eight times. Calling herself the "Virgin May 31
Liege; Aug 22, 1949.
of the Poor," Mary promised to intercede for the poor, (Vatican approved)
the sick and the suffering.

Mary appeared to four children near their homes, in a

meadow, and at other places. She was holding the
Divine Child in her arms when she first appeared.
Approved only for
Queen of the Poor After the children were forbidden by the Gestapo
38 1937 - Faith Expression in
Souls in Purgatory (and briefly arrested) to go to the place of the original 1945
apparition, Mary appeared to them in secret. Prayer,
conversion, and the rosary were the primary
messages.

During a series of 56 apparitions, lasting 14 years,

prophecies were given to Ida Peederman along with
an image of the Blessed Mother and a prayer. The May 31, 2002 by
revelations emphasize the importance of the Bishop Jozef
39 Our Lady of All Nations 1945 Eucharist and portray in detail the events will bring - Marianus Punt of
about the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, most Haarlem. (Bishop-
importantly the declaration of the final Marian dogma approved)
of Mary as The Lady of All Nations: Coredemptrix,
Mediatrix, and Advocate.

Our dear Mother of God has been appearing in

Montichiari-Fontanelle (Italy) since 1947, at a time
when Faith is diminishing more and more, and sins
are on the increase at a most alarming speed. Our
Our Lady - Rosa Lady appeared to Pieina in a white dress. She was Catholic church
40 1947 July 13
approved
Mystica adorned with three beautiful roses:white, red and
yellow. The white rose represented the spirit of
prayer, the red one represented the spirit of sacrifice,
and the yellow rose the spirit of penance and
conversion.

In the parish church of St Gilles, in L'Ile Bouchard Approved for Faith

south of Tours, from the 8th to the 14th of December Expression on Dec 8
41 Our Lady of Prayer 1947 1947, four children witnessed the apparition of the - 2001 by Andre Vingt-
Virgin Mary and an angel. She asked that they pray Trois, Archbishop of
for France and construct a grotto at the location. Tours

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Sr. Mary Ephrem (Mildred Neuzil), of the Precious

Blood Sisters and later a Contemplative of the
Indwelling Trinity reportedly received apparitions of
the Blessed Virgin Mary as well as of Our Lord, St. Approved for Faith
Expression by
Joseph, St. Gabriel, and St. Michael. She said she
Monsignor Paul F.
42 Our Lady of America 1956 was asked by the Blessed Virgin Mary to draw a -
Leibold, Archbishop
picture according to the vision of Our Lady of of the Cincinnati
America and have a statue constructed accordingly diocese
and placed after a solemn procession into the
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in
Washington, D.C. as Our Lady of America.

Four young girls - Conchita, Jacinta, Mari Loli and

Mari Cruz - claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to
Our Lady of them hundreds of times, beginning in the year 1961.
43 1961 - Not yet approved.
Garabandal The messages from the Blessed Mother, according
to the visionaries, were urgent pleas for conversion
so as to avoid a global chastisement.

Our Lady of Zeitoun, also known simply as El-

Zeitoun, Zeitun or rarely Our Lady of Light, was a
Our Lady of Zeitoun mass Marian apparition that occurred in the Zeitoun Catholic church
44 1968 April 02
approved
(Our Lady of Light) district of Cairo, Egypt, over a period of 2–3 years.
The first apparition at Zeitoun was recorded on the
evening of April 2, 1968 on the top of the church.

April 22, 1984

approved by Bishop
John Shoojiroo Ito of
Niigata. In 1988,
Sister Agnes Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Joseph Cardinal
45 Our Lady of Akita 1973 Eucharist received 101 messages emanating from a - Ratzinger allowed
bleeding wooden statue. Ito's pastoral letter
and its
dissemination to the
faithful. (Bishop-
approved)

Maria Esperanza of Betania, Venezuela witnessed

31 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary over the Nov 21, 1987 by
course of 15 years. The Virgin called herself the Bishop Pio Bello
Ricardo; Declared a
"Reconciler of People and Nations" and warned of
Reconciler of People sanctuary on May
46 1976 impending war and suffering. Many visitors have -
26, 2009 by Bishop
and Nations come to the site, reporting numerous miracles and Freddy J.
signs. On one occasion in 1984, over 100 people Fuenmayor. (Bishop-
claimed to have witnessed a public apparition of the approved)
Virgin.

Church sacristan Bernardo Martinez entered an old

chapel and observed a supernatural light illuminating
from a statue of the Blessed Virgin. The Virgin later Nov 13, 1982 by
appeared clothed in white and asked for the daily Bishop Pablo
47 Our Lady of Cuapa 1980 -
Antonio Vega.
Rosary with Biblical citations and have the First
Saturday Devotions renewed. She also warned of (Bishop-approved)
future sufferings for Nicaragua if the people didn't
change.

Catholic Bishop
Our Lady of Kibeho is a title of Marian apparitions Augustin Misago of
which appeared to several adolescents, in the 1980s Gikongoro, Rwanda
in Kibeho, in south-western Rwanda. The apparitions approved public
communicated various messages to the devotion linked to
48 Our Lady of Kibeho 1980 -
the apparitions on
schoolchildren, including an apocalyptic vision of
Rwanda descending into violence and hatred, 1988-08-15 and
foretelling the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.[1] declared their
authenticity on 2001-
06-

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The apparitions began in November 1981 when six

young girls and one boy claimed to see the Blessed
Virgin Mary and Jesus. But only the visions of the first
three -- 17-year-old Alphonsine, 20-year-old Nathalie, June 29, 2001 -
Bishop Augustin
Nyina wa Jambo and 21-year-old Marie Claire -- have received Bishop
49 1980 - Misago of
(Mother of the Word) Misago's solemn approval. Because there were Gikongoro. (Vatican
reservations about the other four visionaries, and the approved)
supposed visions of Jesus, Bishop Misago didn't
confirm the authenticity of either those visions or
visionaries.

On June 24, 1981, young Mirjana Dragicevic and

Ivanka Ivanković reported seeing an apparition of the
Virgin Mary in a village in what is now Bosnia-
Herzegovina. The following day another vision was
reported, this time also by four other young people:
Our Lady of Medjugorje Marija Pavlović, Jakov Colo, Vicka Ivanković, and
50 1981 - -
(Queen of Peace) Ivan Dragicevic. For several years the six visionaries
reported seeing daily apparitions from the Virgin Mary
and Međugorje became crowded with pilgrims. It has
been reported that Our Lady of Međugorje has been
appearing daily to three of these visionaries ever
since.

An ordinary housewife, a mother and grandmother Nov 14, 1990, by

Our Lady of the Rosary the Bishop of San
who had no formal education and no knowledge off
51 of San Nicolas, 1983 - Nicolas, Monsignor
the Bible or theology claimed that she was visited by Domingo Castagna
Argentina the Blessed Mother daily for a period of over 6 years. (Bishop-approved)

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