Miracles of the Gods: A New Look at the Supernatural (559 page)
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Authors: Erich von Däniken
Tags: #General, #Social Science, #Science, #Religion, #Christian Life, #Folklore & Mythology, #Bible, #Juvenile Nonfiction, #Body; Mind & Spirit, #Parapsychology, #Miracles, #Visions
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3.10.1399 Christ, accompanied by Dominic and Francis, appeared to the ailing St. Vincent Ferrer at Avignon, France, and stroked his cheeks.
c.1413 The Blessed Virgin and her son appeared to St. Lidwina at Schiedam, Holland.
c.1424 Joan of Arc, from Domremy, France, saw the Archangel Michael and other saints.
26.5.1432 Gianetta di Pietro Vacchi saw Mary promising peace at Caravaggio, Italy.
1438 A 'wonderful' lady was seen above the roofs of Bologna, Italy, by the inhabitants.
c.1440 The monogram of Christ (IHS) is reputed to have appeared above the head of St. Bernardine of Siena while he was preaching a sermon.
2.3.1440 During the last 23 years of her life, St. Frances of Rome constantly saw an angel by her side.
1449 Mary appeared to a woman at Anderlect, Belgium, and desired to be venerated as 'Dame de grace'.
c.1450 While St. Didacus, a Spanish laybrother, was praying in ecstasy, angels did all the cooking for him in the monastery kitchen.
1463 St. Katherine of Bologna, Italy, saw the 'Lord sitting on a gleaming throne'.
3.5.1491 While the smith Dieter Schore was riding to market in Niedermorschweier, Alsace, Mary appeared to him in a white mantle and veil, holding an icicle in one hand and three ears of corn in the other.
10.8.1519 The Blessed Virgin was seen by the worker Jean de la Baume when she suddenly appeared standing above the hills of Mont Vardaille, France.
1521 When Martin Luther was translating the Bible on the Wartburg near Eisenach, Germany, he had a vision of the devil on the wall of his turret room; he banished it by throwing an inkpot at it.
1550-1561 The Blessed Virgin repeatedly appeared to Sebastian Baraddas at Lisbon, Portugal, and urged him.to join the Jesuit Order.
c.1564 Jesus and Peter appeared to St. Theresa of Avila, Spain.
16 cent. The miraculous image of Adlwang, Diocese of Linz, Austria, was torn down and buried by Protestants. It was only rediscovered when mysterious rays of light shone from beneath an ants' nest in the church. It is said that the ants could not be driven out until the image was set up again in its
