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Ecclesiastical Commission of Inquiry
- When
- 1879-1936
- Where
- Archbishop of Tuam's jurisdiction
The Archbishop of Tuam established a commission to investigate the 1879 apparition, focusing on the specific date.
The commission's deliberations referred only to the occurrence on 21 August 1879, omitting subsequent phenomena. A second commission in 1936 relied on interviews with surviving witnesses and early devotional works, as most early documents were assumed lost.
Sources
- Knock Shrine Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21
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