Magdeburg, Germany — March 1551
A phenomenon scares an Emperor
Three suns were seen in the sky. Emperor Charles Quint decides to halt the siege of the city. In the absence of more information, these may have been parhelia. Historians report that “The emperor Charles V laid siege to it; but was prevailed upon to withdraw his army for a great sum of money…”
Source: Rev. Alban Butler, “Life of Saint Norbert” in The Lives or the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints, vol. 6 (New York: D. & J. Sadlier, & Company, 1864). Case: W141