Case file · Apparition / miracle
Saint Agatha's veil stops Etna
Catania tradition says that in 252, a year after Agatha's martyrdom, citizens carried her veil towards an eruption of Etna and the lava halted. The veil was again carried against the great 1669 flow.
252 CE · 37.50, 15.09 · status: legend
The sceptical view
A pious tradition; lava flows often stop of their own accord.