April 23
Madonna di San Biagio, Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy
On April 23, 1518, two women and a shepherd, passing by the fresco of the Madonna and child on the old Church of San Biago, saw her eyes move as if alive. Other people saw the same thing the next day. Blind, deaf, and crippled people were cured. Immediately a new church was begun, a masterpiece of Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio, finished in 1545. (Information and picture from Maria di Nazareth, www.mariadinazareth.it.)Also commemorated this date:
 | Madonna di Sovereto, Terlizzi, Bari, Puglia, Italy. Patronal festa: solemn mass; procession conducts Sacred Icon from cathedral to shrine, with music, fireworks, and balloon launches along the way; evening entertainment. |
| Virgen de la Puyeta, Fago, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Romería. |
| Virgen de La Viña, Adahuesca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Romería. |
| Virgen de Yérzol, Orés, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. Romería. |
| Virgen del Aguila, Paniza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain (Virgin of the Eagle). Annual procession to mountain shrine on St. George's Day commemorates ending of drought during procession of April 23, c1516. Main fiesta September 8. |
| Mare de Déu del Montsant, Albarca, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Mare de Déu de l'Abellera, Prades, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Cártama, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain |