Luigi De Ianni saw the image on a wall in his garden

Sep 9, 2013 14:05 GMT  ·  By

A young man in Italy thinks that he has come across a sign from the Virgin Mary in the form of a damp patch on his wall.

22-year-old Luigi De Ianni tells The Local that the wet spot looks exactly like a statue of the Virgin. He lives in Benveneto, Campania, and the oddly shaped spot appeared in the garden.

The religious man had just returned from a pilgrimage to Lourdes with his family when the Madonna appeared to him. He was on the phone when he spotted it.

In 2004, a woman sold a toasted cheese sandwich with the image of the Madonna strangely imprinted in it for €20,000 ($26,400).

The owner claimed that the bread had “never gone moldy” in 10 years and credited the sandwich for a considerable win at a Florida casino.