Groups – Angel of Mons, during the First World War a vision of St George and a phantom bowman halted
the Kaiser’s troops.
Individual – seen by only one person, for example St Bernadette of Lourdes had several visions of the
Virgin Mary. In one of these visions, she was told to dig in the ground at the feet of Mary. When she did,
she discovered a mountain spring. People still visit the spring at Lourdes to pray and bathe, and many
report being healed in some way.
Corporeal – an object that is external and appear to be physical in nature, but only visible to certain
people, for example, St Bernadette saw Mary as a form or image like a physical person.