Case file · Apparition / miracle

Covadonga and the turned arrows

The Chronicle of Alfonso III (c. 883) says that at Covadonga in 722 the Virgin turned the stones and arrows of the Moors back on them, starting the Christian kingdom of Asturias.

883 CE · 43.31, -5.06 · status: legend

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of Covadonga
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