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Paranormal record / 1906

The Dolorosa del Colegio: the Virgin who opened her eyes at Colegio San Gabriel, Quito (1906)

April 20, 1906 · Dining hall of the old Colegio San Gabriel, corner of Benalcázar and Sucre, historic centre, Quito, Ecuador
35Partially documented Paranormal Being / humanoid 26 sources 4 videos

Quito. Friday, 20 April 1906. About 8 p.m. The boarders of the Jesuit Colegio San Gabriel are finishing dinner. On the dining hall wall hangs a printed image of Our Lady of Sorrows, her heart pierced by seven daggers. A student named Carlos Hermann looks up. The eyelids are moving. Beside him, Jaime Chávez sees it too. For about 15 minutes the Virgin's eyes open and close, slowly, again and again, like a living person's. The boys call out each blink. Within days the Church opened a formal inquiry, with sworn statements, doctors and scientific experts. Its decree: the event could not be explained by natural causes.

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Context

Quito, 1906. Ecuador had a Liberal, anticlerical government. The Jesuit Colegio San Gabriel stood in the historic centre, on the corner of Benalcázar and Sucre, half a block from the Plaza Grande.

Sources (26, most influential first)

  1. Se cumplen 110 años del prodigio de la Virgen Dolorosa en Ecuador · ACI Prensa· 2016 · Press, book, documentary · news
  2. Se cumplen 118 años del milagro de La Dolorosa en el Colegio San Gabriel · El Universo· 2024 · Academic / paper of record · news
  3. https://www.csgabriel.edu.ec/en/?p=39994 · Colegio San Gabriel · Research organisation · org report
  4. https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/quito/milagro-de-dolorosa-ocurrio-105/ · El Comercio· 2011 · Academic / paper of record · news
  5. 1906 diocesan case file on the Dolorosa del Colegio · FLACSO Ecuador / Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador· 1906 · Official document · other