Miraculous Childbirth

On occasions when a woman gives birth to a large number of children at once, there was a habit as recent as the 19th century at the very least to declare it a miracle. 
The following examples from the Dictionnaire Infernal recount occasions of multiple births that were said to be miraculous:
* In his Exameron, Torquemada gives an account of a woman from Medina del Campo who have birth to septuplets, and of a woman from Salamanca who gave birth to nonuplets. 
* Jean Pic de la Mirandole gives an account of a woman from his homeland who gave birth to a set of nonuplets and a set of undenuplets. de Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.5
There are also accounts of births that can only be described as miraculous, though it is doubtful they actually occured:
* Torquemada claimed that an Italian woman gave birth to seventy children at once.
* Albert the Great claimed that a German woman gave birth to one hundred and fifty children at once, each the size of a little finger, and all wrapped in film. 
== See Also ==
* Irmentrude
* Trazegnies
* Imagination
== Further Reading ==
* Légendes des vertus théologales et des vertus cardinales - Les plats de Loosduynen for a similar event given as a magical punishment in Holland.
== References ==
Category:Dictionnaire Infernal