Velankanni (Mary) might be traced into the mid-sixteenth century and is attributed to a few miracles: the apparition of Mary along with the Christ Little one to some slumbering shepherd boy, the curing of a lame buttermilk vendor, as well as rescue of Portuguese sailors from the violent sea storm.[36] https://davidhoffmeister.com/david-hoffmeister-the-message/metaphysics-of-a-course-in-miracles/