Miracles, wrought by the intercession of Prince Hohenlohe, in the person of Miss Mary Lalor, of the Queen's County in Ireland, Miss Mary Stuart, of the city of Dublin, and Miss Barbary O'Connor, of England, : with the pastoral letters of the Right Rev. Doctor Doyle, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare, and of the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Arch-Bishop of Dublin, with the affidavits of several persons, and certificates of the several doctors.

Date:
1823
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Credit: Miracles, wrought by the intercession of Prince Hohenlohe, in the person of Miss Mary Lalor, of the Queen's County in Ireland, Miss Mary Stuart, of the city of Dublin, and Miss Barbary O'Connor, of England, : with the pastoral letters of the Right Rev. Doctor Doyle, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare, and of the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Arch-Bishop of Dublin, with the affidavits of several persons, and certificates of the several doctors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and especially of that, by which the arm of a certain Nun in England, afflicted with some miserable disease, had been instantly and miraculously cured, at the time when the most holy sacrifice of the Mass was offered to God for her by your Highness. “ Whilst they, therefore, offer thanks to the Father o.f all Mercies, who, in these lamentable times, has raised up your Highness, by whom to give signs of salvation and new proofs of the Faith, both to the true believers, and to those who are without; we also presume to im¬ plore your prayers and charity on behalf of a young fe¬ male of our Diocess, whose father earnestly requested ot us, that we would commend her to your prayers, that she might be cured by God, “ But that your Most Serene Highness may be fully acquainted with what regards this young female, we have thought it fit to make known to your Highness the following statement communicated to us by her father, a respectable and pious Catholic. “The daughter of this man, named Maria Lalor, was brought up piously to about her eleventh year, and edu¬ cated as became a person of that age, w as, after a long illness, which she bore patiently, deprived of the use of speech, so as from that period she could not utter even a single word. Nothing, indeed, which could be hoped from Medical aid, had been left untried, during the six years which have since elapsed, that her tongue might again resume its functions; but every effort has Droved vain, for neither has she yet articulated anv sound, nor is she expected ever to do so, unless that God {t who ma-keth the tongues of the little ones eloquent, ” will be induced, through the prayers of your Highness, to vouchsafe that her tongue be restored to its former powers. “ It may not be irrelevant to state to your Highness, that her organs of sense continue perfect, and that she strictly adheres to that piety of life which she had ob¬ served from her most tender age. She makes, at the usua l times, her Sacramental confession, by signs or writ¬ ing to a Priest, who has testified the same to us; she