Madonna del Sasso, Bibbiena, Arezzo, Toscana, Italy , 1347 - June 23
On June 23, 1347, Catherine, 7, saw a beautiful lady in white who gave some her some pods, found that evening to be full of blood: an omen of the bubonic plague of the following year, from which Bibbiena and environs were largely spared. The rock for...
Notre Dame de la Visitation, Lescure, Valuéjols, Cantal, Auvergne, France , 1717 - Fourth Sunday of June, July 2
At around 19 years old, shepherd Jean Paillé was devoted to the Virgin Mary, and would daily lead his flock from his little village in central France to a wayside cross on a bluff, where he would kneel to say the rosary. On July 2, 1717, his prayers...