Case file · Apparition / miracle
St. Roch chapel vow
During the 1867 yellow fever epidemic, German priest Peter Thevis vowed to build a chapel to St. Roch if none of his parishioners died; none did, and he built the chapel in New Orleans' St. Roch Cemetery.
1867 CE · 29.98, -90.05 · status: account
The account
Its side room is filled with offerings left by people who prayed for healing: crutches, braces, glass eyes and plaster limbs.
The sceptical view
Yellow fever mortality varied greatly by neighbourhood and prior exposure.