The event commonly referred to as Číhošť miracle happened on 11 December 1949, during the third Sunday in Advent, in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the village of Číhošť, Havlíčkův Brod District, Czechoslovakia. The alleged miracle was used by Communist authorities as a pretext for anti-religious repression. The priest Josef Toufar was tortured and died during the investigation of the event.