Flight of the Holy House to Loreto

Tradition says angels carried the house of the Virgin Mary from Nazareth, by way of Dalmatia, to Loreto, arriving on 10 December 1294.

1294 CE · 43.44, 13.61 · status: legend

The sceptical view

Historians note the Angeli (Angelo) family of Epirus may have shipped stones from Nazareth around 1294; the angel legend appears in the 15th century.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Basilica della Santa Casa (Holy House of Loreto)