Our Lady of the Apparition
Pellestrina, Italy (1716)
On Tuesday, August 4, 1716, the feast of St. Dominic, about six o'clock in the morning a 14 year old boy named John Di Pasquale Scarpa, 14, while on his way to the parish church to bring communion to three sick people, saw a strange woman wearing a long blue dress embroidered with red stars and a white veil.
She encouraged him to pray for the souls in Purgatory and have masses said for them. She touched his left wrist, reassuring him for a moment.
The parish priest was impressed by the boy's detailed account and welcomed the donations he collected for masses to be said for the deceased.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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