| Coin Specifications: | Country |  Vatican |
| Date | 2011 | |
| Material | Silver 925/1000 | |
| Search this coin | Diameter | 32 mm |
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Pope John Paul II was beatified on May 1st only six years after his death. Attributed to his intercession was the officially recognized miraculous healing of French Sr. Marie Simon Pierre Normand. The choice of May 1st was not a coincidence since the date marked the Second Sunday of Easter, which John Paul II called Divine Mercy Sunday, the vigil on which he died. The Philatelic Office is celebrating this important day with a silver 5 euro coin which depicts Benedict XVI's coat of arms on the front and a portrait of John Paul II on the back.
