A king commissioned many beautiful images of the Virgin and had them dressed in luxurious garments. He also placed on their heads crowns studded with precious stones.

On the Virgin’s feast days, he dressed them in even finer clothes and placed them on the altar. He also wrote songs for the Virgin.

One Easter, the king had a beautiful image made; he dressed it and placed it on the altar. The king summoned the nuns to venerate it and to pray for him.

As they were praying, the Virgin appeared to them in a vision. She told them that she would do as they asked, if they would summon the king. One of the nuns fetched him, and he came at once.

When the king arrived, the image knelt on the earth in front of him and asked to kiss his hands. He threw himself on the ground and begged to kiss the Virgin’s hands. She insisted that she wanted to do him the favor because he had always honoured her and her son.

The nuns woke up from the vision and were delighted. They told the king about it the next day. He wept in front of the statue and had it all written down. From that time forth, the king served the Virgin even more zealously.