Case file · Apparition / miracle
The first miracle of Altötting
In 1489, a drowned three-year-old boy is said to have come back to life after his mother laid him before the Black Madonna of Altötting.
1489 CE · 48.23, 12.68 · status: legend
The account
More miracles followed, and Altötting became Bavaria's national shrine; thousands of votive pictures line its chapel.