Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Dolorosa of the College, Quito
On 20 April 1906 pupils and Jesuits at the Colegio San Gabriel in Quito said a painting of Our Lady of Sorrows opened and closed its eyes in the refectory.
1906 CE · -0.22, -78.50 · status: disputed
The account
A Church inquiry accepted the testimony, and the image became one of Ecuador's most popular devotions.
The sceptical view
Group excitement in a period of political tension between Church and liberal state; no physical test was possible.