Case file · Apparition / miracle
The stag of Saint Hubert
Legend says Hubert, hunting in the Ardennes on Good Friday, met a stag with a crucifix between its antlers and converted; he became bishop of Liège and patron of hunters.
1450 CE · 50.03, 5.37 · status: legend
The account
The vision was borrowed from the legend of Saint Eustace and attached to Hubert in the 15th century. His relics drew pilgrims to the abbey of Saint-Hubert, believed to cure rabies.