Case file · Apparition / miracle
La Milagrosa, Colón Cemetery
Amelia Goyri died in childbirth in Havana in 1901 and was buried with her baby at her feet. When the grave was opened in 1914, the story goes, her body was intact and the baby was in her arms.
1914 CE · 23.12, -82.40 · status: legend
The account
Her grave in the Colón Cemetery became the most visited in Cuba. Devotees knock with the iron ring on the vault, walk away without turning their backs, and leave thanks for pregnancies and healings.
The sceptical view
There is no documented exhumation report; the legend grew around her husband's daily visits to the grave.