diff --git a/src/pyff/builtins.py b/src/pyff/builtins.py
index 9c560956..dca81346 100644
--- a/src/pyff/builtins.py
+++ b/src/pyff/builtins.py
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ def load(req: Plumbing.Request, *opts):
                     if elt == "as":
                         child_opts.alias = value
                     elif elt == "verify":
-                        child_opts.verify = value
+                        child_opts.verify = value.split(",")
                     elif elt == "via":
                         child_opts.via.append(PipelineCallback(value, req, store=req.md.store))
                     elif elt == "cleanup":
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ def load(req: Plumbing.Request, *opts):
                         "Usage: load resource [as url] [[verify] verification] [via pipeline]* [cleanup pipeline]*"
                     )
             else:
-                child_opts.verify = elt
+                child_opts.verify = elt.split(",")
 
         # override anything in child_opts with what is in opts
         child_opts = child_opts.model_copy(update=_opts)
diff --git a/src/pyff/resource.py b/src/pyff/resource.py
index 4d0d1177..4ab07a01 100644
--- a/src/pyff/resource.py
+++ b/src/pyff/resource.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
 from threading import Condition, Lock
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Optional
 from urllib.parse import quote as urlescape
 
 import requests
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ def i_handle(self, t: Resource, url=None, response=None, exception=None, last_fe
 
 class ResourceOpts(BaseModel):
     alias: str | None = Field(None, alias='as')  # TODO: Rename to 'name'?
-    # a certificate (file) or a SHA1 fingerprint to use for signature verification
-    verify: str | None = None
+    # a list of certificate (file(s)) or a SHA1 fingerprint(s) to use for signature verification
+    verify: Optional[list[str]] = None
     # TODO: move classes to make the correct typing work: Iterable[Union[Lambda, PipelineCallback]] = Field([])
     via: list[Callable] = Field([])
     # A list of callbacks that can be used to pre-process parsed metadata before validation. Use as a clue-bat.
diff --git a/src/pyff/samlmd.py b/src/pyff/samlmd.py
index a0047a6c..d6a4e483 100644
--- a/src/pyff/samlmd.py
+++ b/src/pyff/samlmd.py
@@ -303,23 +303,20 @@ def parse(self, resource: Resource, content: str) -> EidasMDParserInfo:
                 if location:
                     certs = CertDict(ml)
                     fingerprints = list(certs.keys())
-                    fp = None
-                    if len(fingerprints) > 0:
-                        fp = fingerprints[0]
 
                     ep = ml.find("{{{}}}Endpoint".format(NS['ser']))
-                    if ep is not None and fp is not None:
+                    if ep is not None and len(fingerprints) != 0:
                         args = dict(
                             country_code=mdl.get('Territory'),
                             hide_from_discovery=str2bool(ep.get('HideFromDiscovery', 'false')),
                         )
                         log.debug(
                             "MDSL[{}]: {} verified by {} for country {}".format(
-                                info.scheme_territory, location, fp, args.get('country_code')
+                                info.scheme_territory, location, fingerprints, args.get('country_code')
                             )
                         )
                         child_opts = resource.opts.model_copy(update={'alias': None}, deep=True)
-                        child_opts.verify = fp
+                        child_opts.verify = fingerprints
                         r = resource.add_child(location, child_opts)
 
                         # this is specific post-processing for MDSL files
diff --git a/src/pyff/utils.py b/src/pyff/utils.py
index 3df96e65..a43eef08 100644
--- a/src/pyff/utils.py
+++ b/src/pyff/utils.py
@@ -263,16 +263,27 @@ def redis():
     return thread_data.redis
 
 
-def check_signature(t: ElementTree, key: Optional[str], only_one_signature: bool = False) -> ElementTree:
-    if key is not None:
-        log.debug(f"verifying signature using {key}")
-        refs = xmlsec.verified(t, key, drop_signature=True)
-        if only_one_signature and len(refs) != 1:
-            raise MetadataException("XML metadata contains %d signatures - exactly 1 is required" % len(refs))
-        t = refs[0]  # prevent wrapping attacks
+def check_signature(t: ElementTree, keys: Optional[list[str]] = None, only_one_signature: bool = False) -> ElementTree:
+    if keys:
+        refs = []
+        for key in keys:
+            log.debug(f"verifying signature using {key}")
+            try:
+                refs = refs + xmlsec.verified(t, key, drop_signature=True)
+            except xmlsec.exceptions.XMLSigException:
+                continue
 
-    return t
+        if not refs:
+            raise MetadataException("No valid signature(s) found")
+        else:
+            if only_one_signature and len(refs) != 1:
+                raise MetadataException("XML metadata contains %d signatures - exactly 1 is required" % len(refs))
+            # Make sure to only return one tree:
+            # - prevent wrapping attacks
+            # - pyff.samlmd.parse_saml_metadata doesn't handle when multiple trees are returned
+            t = refs[0]
 
+    return t
 
 def validate_document(t):
     schema().assertValid(t)