In June, the Daughters of Charity started distributing little medals picturing Mary. The epidemic receded, fewer people were infected, and soon Parisians called the medal "miraculous." The name stuck.

In 1849, just 19 years after the apparitions in France, the first church dedicated to the Miraculous Medal was built in Monte Sião. According to the website of the Archdiocese of Pousso Alegre ...

Rome Newsroom, Aug 14, 2024 / 04:00 am. As World War II raged around him in Poland, St. Maximilian Kolbe fought for souls using a printing press and another “weapon” — the Miraculous Medal.

The Miraculous Medal Shrine in Germantown has been designated with the prestigious "minor basilica" status by the Vatican. Minor basilica status gives the shrine, located on the grounds of Saint ...