annual pilgrimage to Eger on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. In 1969, they located the original weeping image in a church in the diocese of Pécs, where a friar had taken it when the Eger monastery closed [...] wept bloody tears, from January 6 to February 16, 1717. The investigating bishop took the picture to Eger, where it stayed in the Franciscan church until the Communists dissolved the religious orders in 1950

priest collected these precious "pearls of mercy" in a silk handkerchief and sent them to the Bishop of Eger. The investigation confirmed the supernatural origin of the phenomenon, after which Emperor Leopold

virgin. The family was filled with consternation! Count Nadasdy consulted his relative, the Bishop of Eger, who judged that Eleanor had made that vow at such a young age and in such poor health that she could

virgin. The family was filled with consternation! Count Nadasdy consulted his relative, the Bishop of Eger, who judged that Eleanor had made that vow at such a young age and in such poor health that she could