Holy Infant of Good Health
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The Holy Infant of Good Health (Santo Niño de la salud) is a miraculous statue of the Christ Child found in 1939, in Morelia (Michoacán State), Mexico. This beautiful image, which stands at only eleven inches, has been responsible for many miraculous healings, the veneration toward Whom was approved by Luis M Altamirano y Bulnes, Archbishop of Morelia, in 1944. That same year, the statue was solemnly crowned by pontifical command. On January 5, 1959, a replica of the Infant was presented to Blessed Pope John XXIII. And on November 12, 1970, an Order of Religious sisters, the Missionaries of the Holy Infant of Good Health, were founded in Morelia.
The little statue is dressed "with symbols of the power of Christ, wearing a royal mantle, trimmed in ermine, a golden scepter in the left hand while the right is raised in blessing, and on the head an imperial crown of precious stones." The Holy Infant of Good Health's Feast Day is celebrated on April 21st.
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- Miraculous Images of Our Lord, by Joan Carroll Cruz, OCDS, TAN Books and Publishers, Inc, 1995. ISBN 0-89555-496-8
- Holy Infant Jesus, by Ann Ball & Damian Hinojosa, The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2006. ISBN 0-8245-2407-1
