Kegykép és mirákulum
Icon and Miraculous Healings

The 18th Century Descriptions of the Miracles of the Weeping Virgin from Cluj

Summary/Abstract: The cult of icons and the miraculous healings due to these icons were subject to many essays. I which discussed the custom of offering votive objects, analized the stories about the miraculous healings, and placed the icons and the stories related to them in a broad, historical and cultural context. This study is about a Holy Mary and the Child painting on the High Altar of the Catholic Church in Cluj. We discuss the narrative structure of the stories written between 1699 and 1818, presenting miraculous healings due to the weeping of this icon.

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