The Weeping Virgin
Mariapocs, Hungary (1696)
Captured by Turks and held as a prisoner of war, Laszlo Csigri celebrated his release in 1696 by commissioning a wooden icon of the Virgin and Child in his hometown of Pocs in Hungary. On November 4, the icon was shedding tears and a dying child recovered when held up to the tears by a priest. In December, it wept for another two weeks, starting on the 8th. Pocs became known as Mariapocs.
In February, 1697, Emperor Leopold II had the miraculous image moved to St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. It is still there, in a chapel to the right of the entrance. Later, a copy was given by the Emperor to the church in Mariapocs, which wept three times, in 1715, 1750, and 1905.
Text and image used with permission.
Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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