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  2. Miracle of the roses - Wikipedia

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    In Western Europe, the best-known version of a miracle of the roses concerns Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (also called Elisabeth of Thuringia), the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary, who spent most of her life living with her in-laws in Germany (a ruling family of Thuringia), who kept court at Wartburg Castle.

  3. Didacus of Alcalá - Wikipedia

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    San Diego de Alcalá, Miracle of the roses, Niccolo Betti. Didacus is associated with a Miracle of the roses. He often took bread from the monastery's dining table to give to the poor. One day, leaving the convent with a cloak full of food, he was accused and challenged to open his cloak; miraculously, the loaves of bread had changed into roses ...

  4. Thousand-year Rose - Wikipedia

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    In 1945 during the Second World war Allied bombs devastated the cathedral, but the rosebush survived. The parts of the plant above the ground were damaged but the roots survived beneath the ruins, and the hardy rose regrew and blossomed again. [12] [13] Not all roses are so durable; the longest living rose bushes are mostly categorized as wild ...

  5. Casilda of Toledo - Wikipedia

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    When she began to show them, the bread turned into a bouquet of roses. [ 5 ] She was raised a Muslim, but when she became ill as a young woman, she refused help from the local Arab doctors and traveled to northern Iberia to partake of the healing waters of the shrine of San Vicente, near Buezo, close to Briviesca .

  6. Did a miracle really happen in Cincinnati and more of ... - AOL

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    My story today explores the history of miracles, why they matter to the faithful and what church officials found when they started asking questions about the purported miracle in Cincinnati.

  7. Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi

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    The necessity grew to build a church incorporating the Porziuncola. The buildings around the shrine were taken down by order of Pope Pius V (1566–1572), except the Chapel of the Transito, the cell in which St. Francis had died. Construction of the basilica started on 25 March 1569.

  8. Each story has its feet firmly planted in the real world, but serves as an epicenter for swirling fantasies. In one story, "The Lizzie Borden Jazz Babies," Sparks makes use of a tragic plot point that sets off many classic fairy tales – the untimely death of a protagonist's parent – and applies it to the father instead of the mother.

  9. Pope Francis credited for 'half-miracle' - AOL

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    During a mass in Naples on Saturday, he was given a vial of dried blood belonging to St. Gennaro, the city's patron saint.