The Event
From 29 August to 1 September 1953, a plaster plaque
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, placed over the
headboard of the bed of a young couple, Angelo
Iannuso and Antonina Giusto, at 11 Via degli Orti St.,
shed human tears.
The phenomenon took place at more or less long
intervals inside and outside of the home. Many saw,
touched, gathered and tasted the salt of the tears.
On Sunday, 30 August an amateur film maker of
Syracuse, Nicola Guarino, was able to capture the
event on film, making this one of the very few
miraculous happenings with such documentation.
On 1 September, at 11:00 a.m., a Commission of
doctors and analysts went to the Iannuso home sent
by the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Syracuse. They
withdrew a sample of the liquid that flowed from the
eyes. The microscopic analysis verified: “They are
human tears.” After the scientific analysis, on the
fourth day of the lachrymation, the weeping ceased. |
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