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 about to  approach,  when  it  disappeared. Feeling rather disturbed,  the  boy  returned  to  his  flock. After reaching  it,  he  turned  to  look  back  to  the place where  he  had  seen  the  apparition. There the child  sat  again,  this  time  in  a  circle  of  light, and between  two  burning  candles. Terrified at this  second  apparition,  he  made  the  sign  of  the cross. The child  smiled,  as  if  to  encourage  him, and he  was  about  to  approach  it  again,  when  it vanished  a  second  time. Greatly perplexed,  he drove  his  flock  home  and  informed  his  parents of the  occurrence. But they  called  the  apparition a delusion  and  told  him  not  to  mention  it  to  any one. Nevertheless, feeling  uneasy,  and  desiring an explanation,  he  went  to  the  monastery  and  related his  experience  to  one  of  the  Fathers,  who advised him  to  ask  the  child,  if  it  ever  should appear to  him  again,  what  it  wanted.

Nearly a  year  later,  June  28,  1446,  the  eve  of the  feast  of  Sts. Peter and  Paul,  the  child  again appeared to  the  boy  in  the  same  place  as  before and about  sunset;  but  this  time  it  was  surrounded by thirteen  other  children,  all  in  a  halo  of  glory. He boldly  approached  the  group  and  asked  the child he  had  formerly  seen  in  the  name  of  the Father, and  of  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  what it desired. The child  replied:  "We  are  the Fourteen  Helpers,  and  desire  that  a  chapel  be built  for  us.   Be  thou  our  servant,  and  we  shall