What is Marian apparition?
[[File:Virgen_de_Fátima.JPG|thumb|The statue of [[Our Lady of Fatima]] inside the Chapel of Apparitions, [[Portugal]].]] A '''Marian apparition''' is a [[supernatural]] event where somebody says they have seen [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]], the mother of [[Jesus]]. If a person claims they have heard Mary or have dreamt of Mary, this is not enough; the person needs to claim that they have seen Mary in their [[environment]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=syMABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|title=Encountering Mary: From La Salette to Medjugorje|last=Zimdars-Swartz|first=Sandra L.|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2014|isbn=9781400861637|page=4|quote=}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Catholicism]]