Our Lady of the Three Fountains

Our Lady of the Three Fountains, also called Our Lady of Revelation, refers to a reported apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Tre Fontane on the outskirts of Rome, near the traditional site of the martyrdom of St. Paul, on 12 April 1947. According to the account, a lapsed Catholic and fierce anti-Catholic named Bruno Cornacchiola, who had come to that spot intending harm, experienced instead a vision of the Virgin, who called herself "the Virgin of Revelation," and was converted, along with his children who were with him.

The Virgin is said to have called Bruno and the world to prayer, penance, and return to the Church, and to have confirmed the truths of the faith he had come to doubt. Bruno's dramatic conversion and later life of penance drew attention to the site, which became a place of local pilgrimage. It should be noted that the reported apparition has not received a formal decree of approval as authentic from the competent Church authority, and the devotion is a matter of private piety permitted within the Church.