More than fifty reported apparitions of Mary, from the first century to today, sorted by era and tagged with the Church's own judgment on each. Entries marked In the Book are covered in Mary: The Bridge of History.
Mary is said to have appeared, still living, to St. James the Greater by the Ebro River, the earliest apparition claim in Church tradition.
St. Catherine of Alexandria is said to have been converted by a vision of Our Lady and the Christ Child before her martyrdom.
Mary is said to have marked the site for the basilica that became St. Mary Major with a miraculous snowfall in August.
Associated with the first Christian victory over the Moors on the Iberian Peninsula.
Mary appeared to noblewoman Richeldis de Faverches with plans for a replica of the Holy House of Nazareth.
Appeared to three men who founded the Mercedarian order for the ransom of Christian captives.
Gave St. Simon Stock the Brown Scapular, with the promise of protection to those who wear it.
Mystical apparitions to Bl. Stefana Quinzani, an Italian Dominican tertiary and stigmatic.
Appeared to peasant Benedetto Pareto asking that a chapel be built on the mountain above Genoa.
Appeared to shepherdess Angleze Sagazan in the Pyrenees; the young Louis XIV was later cured there.
Appeared five times to St. Juan Diego, leaving her image on his tilma. Feast day December 12.
Three traditional events near Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu; raised to Basilica status by Pope John XXIII in 1962. In August 2024 the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, with Pope Francis's approval, affirmed devotion at the shrine.
Appeared to Ven. Mother Mariana de Jesús Torres with warnings for the twentieth century.
Appeared weeping to shepherd children; the town, lost to Calvinism for 80 years, returned to the Faith.
Healed a deaf-mute shepherdess, Jeanne Courtel, and asked for a chapel to be built.
Appeared many times over 54 years to shepherdess Benoite Rencurel; recognized by the local bishop in 2008 with the Vatican's consent. At 54 years, the longest series of approved Marian apparitions in the Church's history.
Appeared to St. Paul of the Cross, leading to the founding of the Passionist order.
Appeared to a shepherdess dressed in white with a rosary in her hand.
Comforted persecuted Christians hiding in the jungle and taught them to use local leaves as medicine.
Two apparitions decades apart, foretelling a cholera epidemic and interceding for healing.
Appeared to St. Catherine Labouré, commissioning the Miraculous Medal.
Converted anti-Catholic Marie Alphonse Ratisbonne, who later became a priest.
Appeared in tears to two shepherd children high in the French Alps, calling for conversion and penance.
Eighteen apparitions to St. Bernadette Soubirous at the Grotto of Massabielle. Feast day February 11.
The only episcopally approved apparition in United States history; approved in 2010.
Cured a bedridden woman; the site was later elevated to a minor basilica by Pope Leo XIII.
Appeared in the night sky as Prussian forces advanced during the Franco-Prussian War; the army turned back the next morning. Read the excerpt →
Appeared twice to Auguste Arnaud, a non-practicing Catholic.
Cured Estelle Faguette of terminal illness; led to the Scapular of the Sacred Heart.
Appeared to two girls over three months, encouraging a return to prayer.
A silent apparition witnessed by fifteen villagers during a famine-scarred era. Feast day August 21.
Appeared as Queen of the Rosary to a girl healed of illness after her family's prayer.
Appeared to two shepherdesses first as the Pietà, later as Our Lady of Sorrows.
Appeared above the city during the Boxer Rebellion, protecting the besieged Catholic community.
Six apparitions to Lúcia, Jacinta, and Francisco, culminating in the Miracle of the Sun. Feast day May 13.
Appeared 33 times to five children in a convent playground.
Appeared eight times to Mariette Beco, promising intercession for the poor and suffering.
Appeared to four children even after the Gestapo forbade further visits to the site.
Reported to visionary Ursula Hibbeln.
Reported apparitions to Ida Peerdeman from 1945 to 1959. A local bishop approved them in 2002, but in July 2024 the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published the definitive 1974 Vatican judgment, approved by Pope Paul VI, that they are not of supernatural origin.
Appeared to twelve-year-old Barbara Reuss.
Four children saw Mary and an angel over six days; she asked them to pray for France.
Led to the dramatic conversion of Bruno Cornacchiola, a militant anti-Catholic.
Rose petals bearing holy images reportedly fell at the site; ruled negatively by the Vatican after a period of local devotion.
Ten apparitions to Sr. Reinolda May.
Reported to Sr. Mildred Mary Neuzil, calling for a national statue in her honor.
Reported apparitions to four girls, never officially approved; pilgrimages were once forbidden by the local bishop.
Witnessed by up to 250,000 people over three years above a Coptic church, filmed and broadcast on Egyptian television.
101 messages from a weeping wooden statue witnessed by Sr. Agnes Sasagawa.
31 apparitions to Maria Esperanza over 15 years, including one witnessed publicly by over 100 people.
Appeared to sacristan Bernardo Martinez, warning of future suffering for Nicaragua.
Reported apparitions to six visionaries beginning June 24, 1981. On September 19, 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, with Pope Francis's approval, granted a nihil obstat authorizing public devotion, citing abundant spiritual fruits, while making no declaration on the supernatural origin of the apparitions.
Approved apparitions to three visionaries, among the most recent Vatican-recognized events.
Over 1,800 reported apparitions to Gladys de Motta, an ordinary housewife with no formal theological training.
Witnessed by millions above St. Mark's Church, accompanied by lights and doves.
A luminescent figure seen atop a church.
Reported apparition, prophecies, and miracles on December 7, 2004, at 2:30 p.m.; still awaiting formal ecclesiastical study and approval.
Sourced and cross-checked against Miracle Hunter's apparition archive and the historical record cited in Mary: The Bridge of History. Status reflects the Church's own categories: Vatican-recognized, bishop-approved (without Vatican recognition), Coptic Orthodox-approved, traditionally approved (pre-modern investigation era), approved for faith expression only (no ruling on supernaturality either way), nihil obstat (public devotion authorized under the Vatican's 2024 norms, without a declaration of supernatural origin), apparitions still under discernment, and those the Church has declared not supernatural. Statuses verified September 2026.