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Marian apparitions are reported supernatural appearances by Mary, the mother of Jesus.Below is a list of alleged events concerning notable Marian apparitions, which have either been approved by a major Christian church, or which retain a significant following despite the absence of official approval or despite an official determination of inauthenticity.
A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary the mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time.. In the Catholic Church, in order for a reported appearance to be classified as a Marian apparition, the person or persons who claim to see Mary (the "seers") must claim that they see her visually located in their environment. [1]
The three apparitions of Our Lady of Champion to Adele Brise were approved by Bishop David Ricken.. It remains to me now, the Twelfth Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay and the lowliest of the servants of Mary, to declare with moral certainty and in accord with the norms of the Church that the events, apparitions and locutions given to Adele Brise in October of 1859 do exhibit the substance of ...
To date, fewer than 20 apparitions have been approved by the Vatican over its 2,000-year history, according to Michael O’Neill, who runs the online apparition resource The Miracle Hunter.
Some reference also provides some statistics of approval (Apparition statistics, Modern: University of Dayton, Ohio): see the Marian apparition wiki page before Cultural impact. It says "In the Catholic Church, approval of a Marian apparition is relatively rare". May be some words that indicate getting approval is rare would clarify the point.
A Conceptionist sister named Mariana Francisca de Jesús Torres claimed to have received Marian apparitions under this title from 2 February 1594 to 2 February 1634 in Quito. [2] [note 1] In 1611, the local bishop, Salvador Ribera Avalos, gave his approval to the apparitions that had occurred up to that point. [3]
Sister Amalia received the phenomenon of the stigmata, as well as several Marian apparitions. These appeared in the chapel on Benjamin Constant Avenue, no. 1344, in Campinas, State of São Paulo. On March 8, 1930, the Virgin Mary presented herself as Our Lady of Tears and revealed to her the Crown (or Rosary) of Tears. [8]
Our Lady of Absam is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, associated with a 1797 Marian apparition in the alpine village of Absam, a municipality of Austria.Unlike traditional Marian apparitions, this apparition of the Virgin Mary was said to leave a permanent memento in the form an image of the Virgin etched into a windowpane without a formal appearance by the Virgin.