A pope whose name runs through the archive's Marian apparition cases. Pius XII approved the Fátima apparitions in 1940. According to Cardinal Federico Tedeschini, he saw the same miracle of the sun from the Vatican gardens in 1950, and his handwritten notes, found in 2008, record that he was awestruck. On 7 October 1944 he confirmed Our Lady of Coromoto as patroness of Venezuela. In 1941 he set the feast of Our Lady of China, born of the Donglü legend. And in 1954 he acknowledged the Sicilian bishops' declaration on the Weeping Madonna of Syracuse.
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Pro earlyThe Donglü Apparition: A Woman in White over a Besieged Village (1900)
25Thinly documented
Pope who set the feast of Our Lady of China in 1941
Pro earlyThe Dolorosa del Colegio: the Virgin who opened her eyes at Colegio San Gabriel, Quito (1906)
35Partially documented
Pope who sent a radio message for the image's canonical coronation in 1956
Pro earlyThe Weeping Madonna of Syracuse (Madonna delle Lacrime)
71Well documented
Pope who endorsed the Sicilian bishops' declaration in 1954