Case file · Apparition / miracle
Convent of Penha, Vila Velha
Tradition says the Franciscan friar Pedro Palácios arrived in Espírito Santo in 1558 with an image of Our Lady of Joy, and the image kept turning up on top of the rock where the Convent of Penha now stands.
1558 CE · -20.33, -40.29 · status: legend
The account
The convent, among Brazil's oldest religious buildings, overlooks Vitória Bay. Its Easter festival draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims.