A child cured of leprosy

A child cured of leprosy

One more, and the last "miracle," in Fr. Rojano's account. A little son of Alferez Don Pedro Leon y Labuag, a resident of Lalo, was covered with "a very repulsive leprosy" so that he was not allowed to touch anybody for fear of contamination. When the help of Our Lady of Piat was sought. With the customary invocations and prayers, the boy was completely cured to the amazement of all

A serious flooding

A serious flooding

This time it was a problem of too much water. The Itaves river overflowed to the point that he water reached the cliff were the Ermita was built and the surrounding area, flooding the area and reaching several feet in height. Surprisingly, not a single drop of water entered the Church, as if there was an invisible and mysterious wall preventing the water from going in. When, eventually, the river went back to its normal course, the Ermita was so dried, clean and tidy that no one would say any rain had fallen and not flooding had occurred in the vicinity. All this happened to the great surprise of the caretaker or "ermitaño" who, afraid for his life, had climbed to the altar of Our Lady and, on his knees, prayed for his safety. He propagated the extraordinary event and many people went to see for themselves what the "ermitaño" was telling, and could verify by themselves that it was true, when they could see the marks of the height reached by the water on the walls outside, but could not detect a single spot or a sign of water inside the Church

Lost at sea

Lost at sea

Father Rojano himself was a witness of other "miracle" which took place on June 1, 1739 when the "fragata" in which he was traveling with others entered the mouth of the river in Aparri and, surprisingly, all of a sudden it went dead for lack of wind. Thanks to this incident they were able to save a certain N. Cabusig and seven other companions, whose boat had been overturned, coming from Masi. In this dire situation, Cabusig had recourse to Our Lady of Piat, of whom he was a devotee. "Our Lady ordered the things in such a way that our frigate went to a full stop right there were fighting in the grip of death, ad trembling of cold and fear." Witnesses of this were several priests and all the other passengers traveling with them

Free from the grip of a crocodile

Free from the grip of a crocodile

Another special "miracle" recounted by Fr. Rojano occurred "on the Holy Week of 1739; a native ( an "indio") from Piat was crossing the river that flows near the Ermita., when he was caught by a crocodile. Placed in this terrible trance he called on Our Lady of Piat to come to his rescue. And, at the same time that he made the invocation, the crocodile let loose of his pray, and the poor man , still shaking violently, went to the Ermita to thank Our Lady." This incident was told to Fr. Rojano by Fr. Diego de la Torre, who added that there were many witnesses to this prodigy