Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Santo Niño's worn-out shoes
Next to the Santuario at Chimayó, a chapel to the Santo Niño de Atocha built by Severiano Medina in 1857 holds a statue of the Christ Child whose shoes, believers say, wear out because he walks the hills at night helping the sick.
1857 CE · 36.00, -105.93 · status: legend
The account
Pilgrims leave baby shoes as offerings. The devotion came from Fresnillo in Mexico, itself rooted in a Spanish legend of a child bringing food to prisoners in Atocha.
The sceptical view
A devotion, not a claimed event; the shoes are replaced by the faithful.