The Madonna of Sweat

A major draw card in the city of Ravenna for the more religiously inclined is the legendary, but not charmingly entitled, Madonna of Sweat. Dating back to the 10th century, the icon originally occupied a niche in a street opposite a tavern. One evening a drunken soldier slashed the painting with his sword and resulting cut miraculously sweated blood. After this the painting was moved to its own chapel within the main Cathedral. The  Madonna of Sweat is also credited with the saving the city from the plague in 1629.