Events | All the Holy People

Event	Person	Kind	Witness	Testimony %	Event %
The voices	Joan of Arc	Apparition or vision	first-person	97	92
Foretelling her wound at Orleans	Joan of Arc	Foreknowledge	eyewitness	90	40
The change of wind on the Loire	Joan of Arc	Nature and weather	eyewitness	90	55
The sword behind the altar at Fierbois	Joan of Arc	Foreknowledge	first-person	96	45
Raised from his chair during a cautery, 1663	Joseph of Cupertino	Levitation	eyewitness	72	4
Flight at Naples under Inquisition orders	Joseph of Cupertino	Levitation	later tradition	30	2
Raised before Pope Urban VIII	Joseph of Cupertino	Levitation	later tradition	30	2
The Spanish ambassador at Assisi, 1645	Joseph of Cupertino	Levitation	later tradition	30	2
The Duke of Brunswick's conversion, 1649	Joseph of Cupertino	Levitation	later tradition	35	3
Knowledge of distant events and deaths	Joseph of Cupertino	Foreknowledge	later tradition	30	8
Nathan of Gaza's proclamation	Sabbatai Zevi	Apparition or vision	contemporary	82	93
The kingdom expected by 1666	Sabbatai Zevi	Foreknowledge	contemporary	96	3
The test of the archers and the conversion	Sabbatai Zevi	Survival of harm	contemporary	62	50
The shadow theory after the conversion	Sabbatai Zevi	Other	contemporary	62	72
Soul ascent to the palace of the Messiah, Rosh Hashanah 5507 (1746)	Baal Shem Tov	Apparition or vision	first-person	78	70
Prayer against a heavenly accusation, Rosh Hashanah 5510 (1749)	Baal Shem Tov	Other	first-person	78	65
The ba'al shem as healer	Baal Shem Tov	Healing	contemporary	88	90
Yom Kippur vision of the attack on the Oral Torah	Baal Shem Tov	Foreknowledge	later tradition	35	15
The promise at the grave	Nachman of Breslov	After death	contemporary	60	72
The child who would redeem	Nachman of Breslov	Foreknowledge	contemporary	45	3
Told from on high to go to Kamenets	Nachman of Breslov	Apparition or vision	contemporary	60	55
Greatest tzaddik of his age, and rival charges	Nachman of Breslov	Other	contemporary	60	72
Waking encounter with the Prophet, 1782	Ahmad al-Tijani	Apparition or vision	first-person	65	65
Seal of Saints and the guarantee to followers	Ahmad al-Tijani	Other	eyewitness	65	80
Prayer against the Turks of Algiers, 1805	Ahmad al-Tijani	Foreknowledge	later tradition	20	25
Reported miracles in the Jawahir and the French view	Ahmad al-Tijani	Other	contemporary	25	10
Lying breathless, then the three messengers	Handsome Lake	Apparition or vision	contemporary	93	55
The sky journey and the canoes of whiskey	Handsome Lake	Apparition or vision	contemporary	92	88
The berries and the warning of sickness	Handsome Lake	Foreknowledge	contemporary	92	40
Detecting witches	Handsome Lake	Other	later tradition	70	55
Called to Onondaga: the foretold last journey	Handsome Lake	Foreknowledge	later tradition	32	40
Lawless villages made orderly	Swaminarayan	Other	contemporary	85	65
A hint that he was an avatar	Swaminarayan	Other	eyewitness	90	70
Story of the fakir and Kashi	Swaminarayan	Other	later tradition	25	10
Departure for Akshardham	Swaminarayan	After death	later tradition	30	80
The shining face in the snow	Seraphim of Sarov	Apparition or vision	eyewitness	35	1
The grave opened: no incorrupt body	Seraphim of Sarov	The body	eyewitness	95	95
Healings at the 1903 festivities	Seraphim of Sarov	After death	contemporary	82	30
Prophecies about Russia	Seraphim of Sarov	Foreknowledge	later tradition	30	5
The First Vision	Joseph Smith	Apparition or vision	first-person	68	65
Seeing hidden things in a stone, 1826 hearing	Joseph Smith	Foreknowledge	eyewitness	75	8
The Three Witnesses and the angel	Joseph Smith	Apparition or vision	first-person	86	3
The Eight Witnesses handled the plates	Joseph Smith	Materialization	first-person	85	40
Casting a devil out of Newel Knight	Joseph Smith	Healing	eyewitness	62	40
Elsa Johnson's lame arm	Joseph Smith	Healing	later tradition	32	35
The day of God's power, 22 July 1839	Joseph Smith	Healing	eyewitness	92	30
The war prophecy of 25 December 1832	Joseph Smith	Foreknowledge	first-person	93	35
The Kinderhook plates	Joseph Smith	Other	contemporary	80	88
The failed first volley	The Bab	Survival of harm	contemporary	80	50
Dust storm after the execution	The Bab	Nature and weather	later tradition	32	20
Fate of the regiment that shot him	The Bab	Other	contemporary	38	15
Reports of miracles and holy bathwater at Urumiyyih	The Bab	Other	contemporary	70	78
Speed of composing verses	The Bab	Other	contemporary	70	75
Asked to heal the Shah at the Tabriz examination	The Bab	Healing	later tradition	45	30
Foretelling his own death	The Bab	Foreknowledge	eyewitness	40	55
The vision of 1844 and the dream of the Imam Husayn	The Bab	Apparition or vision	first-person	75	82
Eighteen apparitions at Massabielle	Bernadette Soubirous	Apparition or vision	first-person	82	92
The name 'Immaculate Conception'	Bernadette Soubirous	Foreknowledge	first-person	75	85
The candle at the grotto, 7 April 1858	Bernadette Soubirous	Survival of harm	eyewitness	45	20
Doctors find her sane	Bernadette Soubirous	Other	contemporary	78	82
Grave and spring cures	Bernadette Soubirous	After death	contemporary	75	35
The body at Nevers	Bernadette Soubirous	The body	eyewitness	82	60
Rescue of the Christians of Damascus, 1860	Emir Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi	Other	eyewitness	93	93
Dream of the key at Baghdad	Emir Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi	Apparition or vision	contemporary	55	40
His grandfather's wonders on the way to Baghdad	Emir Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi	Materialization	later tradition	25	15
Mystical states in the Book of Stops	Emir Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi	Apparition or vision	first-person	60	60
Samadhi with loss of bodily awareness	Ramakrishna	The body	eyewitness	80	30
Could he cure his own cancer?	Ramakrishna	Healing	eyewitness	82	85
The final samadhi and the doctor's verdict	Ramakrishna	Other	contemporary	55	70
Sarada Devi hears his voice after death	Ramakrishna	Apparition or vision	later tradition	30	40
Taken as the Shrine of God	Nakayama Miki	Apparition or vision	later tradition	30	50
The child with smallpox	Nakayama Miki	Healing	later tradition	30	30
The Grant of Safe Childbirth	Nakayama Miki	Healing	later tradition	25	45
Writing by divine direction	Nakayama Miki	Other	first-person	78	90
Still living at the Residence	Nakayama Miki	After death	later tradition	80	85
The vision in the Tehran dungeon	Baha'u'llah	Apparition or vision	first-person	60	60
The challenge to the Baghdad clerics	Baha'u'llah	Other	later tradition	45	30
The Mosque of Sultan Selim test with Subh-i Azal	Baha'u'llah	Other	eyewitness	50	45
Survival of poison at Edirne	Baha'u'llah	Survival of harm	contemporary	60	30
The prayer against sickness at 'Akka	Baha'u'llah	Healing	contemporary	50	45
Cure of Mirza Aqa Khan	Baha'u'llah	Healing	later tradition	30	25
Warning to Napoleon III	Baha'u'llah	Foreknowledge	first-person	60	30
Writing as the miracle	Baha'u'llah	Other	contemporary	70	75
Sister Mary Abel Kamari's ulcer	Charbel Makhlouf	After death	contemporary	78	35
Alexander Oubeid's eye	Charbel Makhlouf	After death	contemporary	78	35
Mariam Assaf Aouad's throat cancer	Charbel Makhlouf	After death	contemporary	78	35
Fluid from the tomb and the preserved body	Charbel Makhlouf	The body	contemporary	25	20
The 1950 photograph	Charbel Makhlouf	Materialization	later tradition	30	8
The becalmed ship	Waris Ali Shah	Nature and weather	later tradition	30	8
Fragrance of his body and untouched feet	Waris Ali Shah	The body	contemporary	35	15
The Englishman's dream of Christ	Waris Ali Shah	Apparition or vision	eyewitness	45	30
Count Galarza's experience of his death	Waris Ali Shah	After death	first-person	55	50
Healings by prayer	John of Kronstadt	Healing	contemporary	75	30
At the deathbed of Alexander III	John of Kronstadt	Healing	contemporary	70	92
Letters and distant healing	John of Kronstadt	Healing	later tradition	25	10
The Dhulia court examination	Sai Baba of Shirdi	Other	eyewitness	55	50
More money given than received	Sai Baba of Shirdi	Other	eyewitness	62	30
Knowledge of a concealed banknote	Sai Baba of Shirdi	Foreknowledge	later tradition	30	8
Immunity in plague and leprosy contact	Sai Baba of Shirdi	Survival of harm	eyewitness	62	45
Prayer on the ocean	Amadou Bamba	Levitation	later tradition	20	1
Survival of the Gabon ordeals	Amadou Bamba	Survival of harm	later tradition	20	1
The story of the wings, 1902 to 1903	Amadou Bamba	Apparition or vision	contemporary	70	75
The miracle he declined, 1903	Amadou Bamba	Other	contemporary	62	55
The vision when the sun died	Wovoka	Apparition or vision	first-person	88	80
Control of rain and snow	Wovoka	Nature and weather	contemporary	82	25
The block of ice from the summer sky	Wovoka	Materialization	eyewitness	40	3
Bullet-proof in front of a crowd	Wovoka	Survival of harm	eyewitness	75	2
The whole world in a hat	Wovoka	Apparition or vision	eyewitness	88	55
One of the thirty-six hidden saints	Chofetz Chaim	Other	contemporary	92	88
Extraordinary age	Chofetz Chaim	The body	contemporary	90	8
Stories of scrupulous honesty	Chofetz Chaim	Other	later tradition	25	30
Pilgrims seeking his blessing	Chofetz Chaim	Other	contemporary	88	85
The cure of the hacienda owner	El Niño Fidencio	Healing	contemporary	40	20
The president's visit	El Niño Fidencio	Healing	contemporary	25	10
Surgery with bottle glass	El Niño Fidencio	Healing	eyewitness	75	60
Mass cures at the Campo del Dolor	El Niño Fidencio	Healing	contemporary	78	30
Healing after death through mediums	El Niño Fidencio	After death	later tradition	70	88
Awakening in the forest	Ajahn Mun	Apparition or vision	later tradition	45	45
The dream at Wat Liap	Ajahn Mun	Foreknowledge	later tradition	35	30
Teaching devas and nagas	Ajahn Mun	Apparition or vision	later tradition	62	65
Reading his monks' thoughts	Ajahn Mun	Foreknowledge	eyewitness	60	20
Bones turned to crystal relics	Ajahn Mun	The body	later tradition	45	2
The great vision	Black Elk	Apparition or vision	first-person	48	55
Healing as a medicine man	Black Elk	Healing	first-person	62	82
Wounded at Wounded Knee	Black Elk	Survival of harm	first-person	45	70
The northern lights at his funeral	Black Elk	Foreknowledge	later tradition	30	15
The power he gave Neihardt	Black Elk	Other	first-person	90	45
The death experience of 1896	Ramana Maharshi	Apparition or vision	first-person	60	60
The star at the moment of death	Ramana Maharshi	Nature and weather	contemporary	70	60
Sarcoma borne without complaint, amputation refused	Ramana Maharshi	Other	eyewitness	85	90
Peace felt in his presence	Ramana Maharshi	Other	first-person	85	70
The first healing	Simon Kimbangu	Healing	first-person	68	30
Cures and reports of resurrection at Nkamba	Simon Kimbangu	Healing	contemporary	82	2
Slipping out of the arrest at Nkamba	Simon Kimbangu	Survival of harm	contemporary	68	85
Trembling in the dock	Simon Kimbangu	The body	contemporary	78	82
A body unchanged for twenty days	Paramahansa Yogananda	The body	eyewitness	82	60
Conscious departure at the Biltmore	Paramahansa Yogananda	Foreknowledge	contemporary	90	75
Healed of cholera by a photograph	Paramahansa Yogananda	Healing	first-person	50	20
Kashi reborn and found	Paramahansa Yogananda	After death	first-person	50	1
A lifespan of 119 years	Xuyun	The body	first-person	60	5
Surviving the Yunmen beating	Xuyun	Survival of harm	eyewitness	70	50
The dream of Maitreya's heaven	Xuyun	Apparition or vision	first-person	72	75
The beggar Wen-ji	Xuyun	Apparition or vision	first-person	40	40
Relics in the ashes	Xuyun	After death	eyewitness	65	35
Mastery of the madrasa curriculum in three months	Said Nursi	Other	first-person	55	25
Reprieve from a Russian firing squad	Said Nursi	Survival of harm	later tradition	35	30
Repeated poisonings in prison	Said Nursi	Survival of harm	first-person	60	30
Foretold by Ali and Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani	Said Nursi	Foreknowledge	first-person	75	80
Living without food	Therese Neumann	The body	eyewitness	88	4
The stigmata	Therese Neumann	The body	eyewitness	75	50
Cures of blindness and paralysis	Therese Neumann	Healing	first-person	72	55
Speaking Aramaic in ecstasy	Therese Neumann	Other	contemporary	45	20
The stigmata	Padre Pio	The body	eyewitness	82	60
The carbolic acid allegation	Padre Pio	The body	contemporary	82	85
Sworn account of the wounds	Padre Pio	Apparition or vision	first-person	85	85
Scent of violets	Padre Pio	The body	contemporary	70	30
Bilocation to the Vatican	Padre Pio	Bilocation	later tradition	15	1
The train that would not move	Neem Karoli Baba	Other	later tradition	14	6
No effect from LSD	Neem Karoli Baba	Survival of harm	first-person	65	15
Prediction to Colonel McKenna	Neem Karoli Baba	Foreknowledge	later tradition	25	3
Long samadhi states	Anandamayi Ma	The body	eyewitness	65	35
Bhaiji's recovery from tuberculosis	Anandamayi Ma	Healing	first-person	65	30
Dying man at Jamshedpur	Anandamayi Ma	Healing	contemporary	40	10
Long periods of hardly eating	Anandamayi Ma	The body	contemporary	60	30
Foreknowledge of Bhaiji's bleeding	Anandamayi Ma	Foreknowledge	contemporary	50	20
Miracles through prayer and blessing	Baba Sali	Healing	later tradition	25	10
Grave at Netivot as a place of answered prayer	Baba Sali	After death	contemporary	85	88
Soot likeness at Rehassim, 2004	Baba Sali	Apparition or vision	contemporary	75	80
Blessings at the Sunday dollars line	Menachem Mendel Schneerson	Other	contemporary	25	10
Identification as the Messiah	Menachem Mendel Schneerson	Other	contemporary	92	92
Belief that he did not truly die	Menachem Mendel Schneerson	After death	contemporary	92	92
The cure of Monica Besra	Mother Teresa	After death	contemporary	82	15
The Santos brain lesions cure	Mother Teresa	After death	contemporary	55	25
The call on the train	Mother Teresa	Apparition or vision	first-person	80	82
Amulets and the 1996 election	Yitzhak Kaduri	Other	contemporary	90	90
The Messiah revealed to him	Yitzhak Kaduri	Apparition or vision	contemporary	35	25
The note naming the Messiah	Yitzhak Kaduri	Foreknowledge	contemporary	30	5
Curses against enemies	Yitzhak Kaduri	Other	contemporary	55	35
Vibhuti and objects produced from the air	Sathya Sai Baba	Materialization	eyewitness	72	3
The stone that vanished from a ring	Sathya Sai Baba	Materialization	first-person	72	35
The 1992 video of the Prime Minister's visit	Sathya Sai Baba	Materialization	contemporary	78	45
Reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi	Sathya Sai Baba	Other	contemporary	55	78
Appearances at a distance and healings	Sathya Sai Baba	Bilocation	later tradition	40	2

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