Saints

In 1859, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared in this small town.

A sacred place for ascetic training, set in a honeycomb-walled cliffside cave deep in the woods.

This building from the Middle Ages was dedicated to the patron saint of Norway.

Since its accidental discovery in 1977, this sarcophagus has been described as "the greatest masterpiece of Merovingian sculpture north of the Alps."

This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.

Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.

This remote Scottish cave has been a site of Christian pilgrimage for many centuries.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

Signs illustrate the bizarre legend of St. Felix's arrival in this English village, which led to the consecration of a beaver.

Once the site of medieval pilgrimage for its healing powers, this well was lost and later rediscovered.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

The walls of this village church are decorated by two unique religious works of art.

In memory of the assassinated, now-canonized Salvadoran archbishop who is the namesake of nearby Romero Place.

A beautiful modern church dedicated to the teleporting patron saint of Andorra.

The cave of a 12th-century hermit is still visited and venerated today.