In the last few days of April during the year 880, seven young children from Monistrol saw a strange light descending from the sky and move towards a small grotto on the mountain of Montserrat, accompanied by a soft melody. After a week, a group of priests lead by the Bishop of Manresa returned to the site and saw the light again. For four Saturdays in a row, the light continually reappeared and dropped towards the mountain grotto. Finally, seven men were sent to the place that the light was indicating, and they discovered an image of a black virgin surrounded by magical light and giving off a pleasant scent. The cave in which the virgin was deposited was an area called Santa Cova. The locals attempted to carry the mysterious statue to Manresa, but it grew heavier with the further they tried to move it. Eventually it became so heavy that they had to leave it in the middle of the fields - where they erected a hermitage to the Virgin Mary that is still there to this day.
Source: Wonders in the Sky by Jacques Vallée & Chris Aubeck
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