Call her the miracle lady on the hill — one with a brain aneurysm whose healing was declared a miracle, clearing the way for the late John Paul II to become a saint.

A Costa Rican woman whose brain aneurysm reportedly disappeared after she prayed to Pope John Paul II broke down in tears as she spoke publicly for the first time about the church-confirmed miracle underlying John Paul’s case for sainthood.

Pope Francis has cleared Pope John Paul II for sainthood, approving a miracle attributed to his intercession and setting up a dual canonisation along with another beloved pope, John XXIII.