Case file · Apparition / miracle
Virgin of Itatí
Tradition says that in the early 17th century Guaraní people found an image of the Virgin on a rock by the Paraná river, surrounded by light and music, and that it repeatedly returned to the spot when moved.
1615 CE · -27.27, -58.24 · status: legend
The account
The image became the centre of a Franciscan reduction at Itatí in Corrientes and a major pilgrimage site of northeast Argentina. The year is an approximate setting.
The sceptical view
The finding is known from later tradition.