Case file · Apparition / miracle
Saint Michael appears to Aubert
Legend says the archangel Michael appeared three times to Aubert, bishop of Avranches, in 708, ordering a sanctuary on Mont Tombe; on the third visit he pressed a finger into Aubert's skull.
708 CE · 48.64, -1.51 · status: legend
The account
The church was consecrated in 709 and became the Mont-Saint-Michel. A skull with a hole, said to be Aubert's, is kept at Avranches.