What were St. Catherine of Bolognas miracles and symbols?
Catherine claimed a miraculous vision of the Blessed Virgin and the Christchild, which occurred after she had asked permission to spend the night of December 24-25 alone in the convent chapel. It was her intention to recite 1000 Hail Marys in honor of the nativity. At the hour of midnight, Mary appeared to Catherine with the swaddled Christchild in her arms. Catherine reported that the Mother of God handed the Infant to her, and Sister Catherine pressed Him to her breast and kissed His cheek. When she sought to kiss His mouth, too, He disappeared, but her heart continued to experience a unique joy. The significant miracles credited to St. Catherine of Bologna, included among the reasons for her canonization, included miraculous cures that were granted to to many who prayed for her intercession after she was buried. These claimed miracles began to be reported soon after her death in 1463. In fact, the multiple graveside cures that occurred soon after her death caused the church to exhum
