Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Holy Ampulla of Reims
Around 878, archbishop Hincmar of Reims wrote that a dove brought a phial of oil from heaven for the baptism of Clovis; the oil anointed French kings until 1825.
878 CE · 49.25, 4.03 · status: legend
The account
The ampulla was smashed during the Revolution in 1793, though a fragment was said to have been saved.