Case file · Apparition / miracle
The 'prodigy of the eyes', Cap-de-la-Madeleine
On 22 June 1888, the evening the shrine was dedicated, Father Luc Désilets, Father Frédéric Jansoone and a layman said the statue of Mary opened its eyes and looked at them.
1888 CE · 46.37, -72.52 · status: account
The account
The shrine of Notre-Dame-du-Cap grew into Québec's national Marian sanctuary; Frédéric Jansoone was beatified in 1988.
The sceptical view
Three witnesses in a dim chapel at dusk; no investigation was made.