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The miracles of the saints
The full corpus of the tradition, from healings to Eucharistic miracles — a single motif traced across the whole of Christendom.
Certainty layer Recognized in canonization Tradition Hagiographic topos
Historical and hagiographic presentation. These accounts belong to tradition and to the sources cited; they are neither a promise of results nor advice. The certainty shown describes the state of the tradition, not the fact itself.
1701 miracles of 5368 clear all
Mastery of the elements
Descent of fire on Mount Carmel
Fire
« Descent of fire from heaven on Mount Carmel »
Sign / wonder
Miraculous transformation of melons into stones
Harvests
« Turning melons into stones »
Sign / wonder
The miracle of Jonas's shrub
« Instantaneous growth and withering of a protective shrub »
Sign / wonder
The solar sign of the sundial of Ahaz
« Retrogradation of the sun's shadow by ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz »
Sign / wonder
Early sanctification of the prophet Jeremiah
Pregnancy
« Sanctified in his mother's womb »
Healing
Protection against asp bites
Bites and poisons
« Dust from his tomb used as an antidote against asp bites »
Sign / wonder
Miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary
Fertility
« Conception of Mary after 20 years of sterility »
Sign / wonder
The perpetual lamp of the crypt
Fire
« Lamp that remained lit for seven centuries in a walled-up crypt »
Sign / wonder
Angelic consecration of the church of Le Puy
« Consecration of the church by angels »
Multiplication / provision
Angelic food at the Temple
Food
« Nourished by an angel in the sanctuary until the age of twelve »
Sign / wonder
Annual flowering of Saint Torquat's olive tree
Harvests
« Annual miraculous blooming of an olive tree planted by Saint Torquatus on his feast day »
Mastery of the elements
Appearance of a miraculous spring
SpringsHarvests
« Miraculous spring gushing from his tomb in 633 to end a drought »
Sign / wonder
Bleeding of crucifixes
Bleeding
« Blood flowing miraculously from pierced crucifixes »
Sign / wonder
Blinding of the magician Elymas
Sight disorders
« Blinding of the magician Elymas »
Sign / wonder
Blindness of the magician Elymas
Sight disorders
« Instant blindness of the magician Elymas by the word of Saint Paul »
Vision / apparition
Celestial apparition at the death of Saint Valerie
« Appearance of a globe of fire and angelic singing at the time of her death »
Sign / wonder
Celestial voice during martyrdom
Heavenly voices
« Celestial voice answering her prayer before her martyrdom »
Sign / wonder
Cephalophory of Saint Aphrodisius
Violence
« Posthumous miracles at his tomb »
Sign / wonder
Cephalophory of Saint Aphrodisius
Violence
« Cephalophory: carrying his own head after decapitation »
Sign / wonder
Cephalophory of Saint Demetrius
ViolenceCephalophores
« Cephalophory: rises after his beheading and carries his head into the city »
Sign / wonder
Cephalophory of Saint Lucien
Violence
« Cephalophory after his beheading »
Sign / wonder
Cephalophory of Saint Nicaise
Restored mobility
« Cephalophory: walking after decapitation while carrying his head »
Sign / wonder
Cephalophory of Saint Valerie
ViolenceRestored mobilityCephalophores
« Cephalophory: walking after her beheading while carrying her head »
Sign / wonder
Collapse of the palace of Romulus in Rome
« Collapse of the palace of Romulus in Rome »
Sign / wonder
Conversion of the inhabitants of Valence through miracles at Tortosa
« Miracles performed in Tortosa that led to the conversion of the inhabitants of Valencia »
Sign / wonder
Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Gentiles
« Descent of the Holy Spirit during Peter's speech »
Sign / wonder
Destruction of a pagan temple
« Collapse of an idol temple »
Sign / wonder
Destruction of a viper through prayer
Bites and poisons
« Immediate death of a monstrous viper through prayer »
Sign / wonder
Destruction of idols by Saint Clair
« Destruction of idols by his word »
Sign / wonder
Destruction of idols in Armenia
« Miraculous destruction of the temple idols »
Sign / wonder
Destruction of idols through prayer
Violence
« Spontaneous destruction of idols through prayer »
Sign / wonder
Destruction of idols through prayer
« Miraculous destruction of idols through prayer »
Protection / deliverance
Destruction of the dragon of Nogéliac
Violence
« Destruction of the dragon of Nogéliac »
Sign / wonder
Discovery of the empty tomb of the Virgin Mary
« Tomb found empty and filled with a sweet scent three days after burial »
Sign / wonder
Divine punishment of Paulinus
Sight disorders
« Punishment of Paulinus, who lost an eye and then died possessed by a demon »
Sign / wonder
Earthquake during the martyrdom of Saint Philip
Violence
« Vengeful earthquake during his martyrdom »
Sign / wonder
Exonerated by a newborn
Hearing and speech
« Speech given to a one-day-old infant to exonerate a deacon »
Sign / wonder
Fall of a column onto the persecutors
Violence
« Fall of a column crushing the judge and his assessors »
Sign / wonder
Flowing of blood from a relic in Besançon
Bleeding
« Flowing of blood from a dry bone in Besançon »
Sign / wonder
Glorious radiance before the prefect
« Glorious radiance of the face before the prefect of Trier »
Incorruptibility
Golden transmutation of the bones
« Miraculous preservation of bones turning a golden color »
Sign / wonder
Graces obtained at the tomb of Saint Soline
« Countless graces obtained near her tomb in Chartres »
Sign / wonder
Guidance of the Magi by a star
« Guidance by a miraculous star »
Sign / wonder
Gushing forth of a spring in the Mamertine Prison
SpringsCaptivity
« Spring gushing forth in the Mamertine Prison »
Sign / wonder
Gushing of a spring in Crimea
Springs
« Gushing of a fresh water spring after the appearance of a lamb »
Sign / wonder
Gushing of springs at the Tre Fontane Abbey
Springs
« Gushing of three springs (Tre Fontane) at the site of his beheading »
Healing
Healing of the profaning Jewish priest
ViolenceRestored mobility
« Hands of a Jewish priest severed and then reattached after desecrating the litter »
Healing
Healings during the Virgin's funeral procession
« Multiple healings during the passage of her funeral procession »