After Mary empathized with a pregnant woman in danger, a yearly miraculous out-of-season bloom of white flowers from a blackthorn thicket in Bra, Italy, earned Our Lady the title of Our Lady of the Flowers.

According to legend, a miraculous snowfall occurred in 352 A.D. on a hot summer day in Rome. This event, known as the "miracle of the snow," is commemorated every year on August 5th at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

The Madonna del Cardellino, also known as Madonna of the Goldfinch, is an oil painting on wood created by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael around 1505-1506.