How Many Times Has the Vatican Been Struck by Lightning

His was the moment lightning struck the Vatican today hours after Pope Benedict XVIs bolt-from-the-blue resignation. The bolt hit the dome of St.

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1 The Vatican Vatican City This is the incredible moment when lightning struck the Vatican not once but TWICE just hours after Pope Benedict XVIs shocking resignation.

. Sullivan described a scene from within the tower saying that fire was jumping all over the place. Who knows how many times there were. Peters massive size there is no doubt that lightning would strike it often.

The spooky moment believed by some to be a sign from God was caught on camera by AFP photographer Filippo Monteforte and on video by TV crews. Peters at approximately 920 am as a strong rainstorm passed through Rome. Some witnesses were left wondering if its just a passing weather eventor a sign from heaven.

Vatican police confirmed the strike. What was the main message of Lourdes. We actually do know of a few cases in history.

Brazils 130-foot Christ the Redeemer statue atop Rio de Janeiros Sugarloaf Mountain for example has been struck by lightning several times since it was completed in 1931. There were also electrical shocks as two separate bolts of lightning struck St Peters. News reports said lightning had struck The Vatican twice after Pope after Pope Benedict XVIs resignation.

Sign Up For Our E-mail List Here. Last year as Pope Benedict was soon to hang up his mitre on announcing his resignation on Feb 11 2013 some 6 hours later lightning struck TWICE in St Peters basilica in the Vatican. This is a brief video depicting the Vatican being hit by Lightning a couple of times after the Popes official resignation.

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Peters basilicanot once but twice. Peters Basilica is the tallest dome in the world at 448 feet 137 meters from the floor to the cross that was added to the very top by Pope Clement VIII in the 16th century. Posted February 12 2013.

Other biographies assert that Pio was seen in a confessional at St. No damage was reported. Thunder counts are recorded in weather reports at.

When Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on 11 February it wasnt the only shock to hit the Vatican. On that very day lightning struck the dome of St. The Pope who is 85 years old has been.

Peters Basilica and also in the offices at the Vatican during discussions of his ministry fending off a dapper stranger who was there to undermine his reputation and is said to have been a corporeal demon. Eventually the Vatican did give in to the lightning rod with two of them in Vatican proper and twelve in the whole area. Almost every time the Vatican experiences a thunderstorm it is struck by.

Vatican police confirmed the strike. For example there is a record of one thunderstorm that hit the monument with lightning six times. The Original DocumentUnedited Yes it happened again.

Within hours of Pope Benedict announcing his resignation lightning struck St Peters Basilica. It was said to have been struck seven to eight times. The bolt hit the dome of St.

Peters at approximately 920 am as a strong rainstorm passed through Rome. The tower was newly built and had no lightning rod at the time. The daily Rosary Penance penance penance as Bernadette quietly repeated during one apparition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament where Our Lord is truly present.

As a lightning photographer I investigated to see if the photo was real. Peters Dome at the Vatican on February 11 2013 just a few hours after Pope Benedict XVI made a shocking announcement that he would resign as leader of the worlds 11 billion Catholics. How many times has the Vatican been struck by lightning.

If so it wasnt the only time. Sullivan said to then have run out from the burning tower just before being struck a few feet away by lightning. Airplanes are struck by lightning frequently and the Statue of Liberty the Empire State Building and other tall buildings have all been hit.

This morning October 7 2016 in Rome on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary a lightning bolt hit the dome 2 of St.

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