Marian awards from Italy
Italy treasure some of the world's largest Marian shrines: the Santa Casa de Loreto, la Madonna di Pompei, Montevirgine, the black virgins of Oropa, Tindari y Viggiano, the apparitions of Caravaggio y las Syracuse tears, y Bonaria de Cagliari - which named Buenos Aires -, gathered here by region.
♪ Wonders and Marian anecdotes from Italy
- Santa Casa de Loreto - according to tradition, the house of Nazareth was moved by the angels in 1294; she is patron of the aviators.
- Virgin of the Tears of Syracuse - between August 29 and September 1, 1953, a small relief from the Heart of Mary wept human tears verified by medical analysis.
- Our Lady of Pompeia - Blessed Bartolo Longo turned a desolate valley into one of the great shrines of the Rosary of the world, since 1876.
- Caravaggio - on May 26, 1432, the Virgin appeared to the peasant Giannetta, and a spring of graces sprout.
- Our Lady of Divine Love (Rome) - Pius XII proclaimed her a savior of Rome in 1944.
- Tre Fontane (Roma) - in 1947 the Virgin appeared to the antilerical Bruno Cornacchiola, with the Bible in her hand, and converted it.
Lazio
Our Lady of Canneto
There is no specific documented history of "Our Lady of Canneto" in Settefrati, Lazio, Colombia, in the usual sources of consultation on Marian sanctuaries and advocacy.
"Our Lady of Canneto, pray for us."
Our Lady of the City
The advocation of Our Lady of the Civite (Madonna della Civita) is linked to the ancient Marian sanctuary that crowns Mount Civita, in the term of Itri, diocese of Gaeta (region of Lazio, Italy).
"Our Lady of the Civite, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Three Sources / Virgin of Revelation
The Virgin of Revelation (Vergine della Rivelazione), venerated in the context of the Tre Fontane Abbey in Rome, is attached to the alleged apparitions received by Bruno Cornacchiola on April 12, 1947, in a deep...
- Our Lady of the Three Sources / Virgin of Revelation, pray for us.
Our Lady of Divine Love
According to tradition, devotion to Our Lady of Divine Love was born in the 18th century, when a pilgrim headed towards the tomb of the apostles in Rome, passing through a fortified tower near Castel di Leva, was...
"Our Lady of Divine Love, pray for us.
Campaign
Our Lady of the Graces of Benevent
A Marian advocation with the specific title "Our Lady of the Graces of Benevento" as patron of the city of Benevento (Italy) and a...
"Our Lady of Graces of Benevento, pray for us.
Our Lady of Montevergine
The devotion to Our Lady of Montevergine is born around the Benedictine sanctuary erected in the 12th century by St. William of Vercelli on Mount Vergine, in the current Mercogliano (Avellino, Campania).
"Our Lady of Montevergine, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Holy Mount of Novi Velia
According to the documentation of the Comune di Novi Velia, the sanctuary of the Madonna di Novi Velia is located at the top of Mount Gelbison, 1.705 m above sea level, in the territory of Novi Velia, province of Salerno, region of...
"Our Lady of the Holy Mount of Novi Velia, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeia
The advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeia is born historically in the valley of Pompeya (Naples, Italy) in the second half of the 19th century, linked to the work of Blessed Bartolo Longo and the spread of the prayer of the Rosary...
"Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeia, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Arc
For the advocation of Our Lady of the Arc / Madonna dell'Arco there is a well-attested tradition in Sant'Anastasia (Naples, Campania, Italy), where an image of the Virgin painted on an arch on the outskirts of the village was venerated.
"Our Lady of the Arc, pray for us."
Our Lady of Carmen / Madonna Bruna del Carmine, popular patron of Naples
Madonna Bruna del Carmine is the image of Our Lady of Carmen venerated in the Basilica Sanctuary of Santa María del Carmine Maggiore, in the Mercato district, in Naples, Italy.
"Our Lady of Carmen / Madonna Bruna of Carmine, the popular patron of Naples, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Granate
In accessible and verifiable sources, there is no specific historical documentation on the advocation of Our Lady of the Granate / Madonna of the Granate as patron of Capaccio-Paestum (Salerno, Campania, Italy) venerated in...
"Our Lady of the Granate, pray for us."
Lombardy
Our Lady of Caravaggio
The title of Our Lady of Caravaggio (Santa María del Fonte) was born linked to a Marian apparition in Caravaggio, Lombardy, Italy, on May 26, 1432.
"Our Lady of Caravaggio, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Miracles of Saronno
According to the Saronno tradition, the Madonna dei Miracoli shrine was born after an ancient miraculous fact "long ago," whose precise account has been lost due to lack of documents.
"Our Lady of the Miracles of Saronno, pray for us.
Our Lady of Tirano
On Our Lady of Tirano in Tirano (Lombardy, Italy) there is a well-known tradition: according to local tradition, the Virgin appeared on September 29, 1504 to Mario Omodi (or Omodo), a inhabitant of Tirano,...
"Our Lady of Tirano, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Forest
The title "Nuestra Señora del Bosque" (Madonna del Bosco) is linked to the Marian sanctuary located in Imbersago, in the province of Lecco, in the Lombardy region of Italy, and not in Colombia.
"Our Lady of the Forest, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Grisallo
The devotion to Our Lady of the Grisallo is born in the context of the small sanctuary of Magreglio, in the province of Como, on the lake of Como, in Lombardy, Italy, and is linked from ancient to a local Marian advocation whose...
"Our Lady of the Grisallo, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Holy Mount of Varese
The devotion of Our Lady of the Holy Mount of Varese is linked to the great Marian ensemble known as Sacro Monte di Varese or Sacro Monte del Rosario, in Lombardy, one of the Sacri Monti included by the Unesco on the list...
"Our Lady of the Holy Mount of Varese, pray for us.
Piamonte
Our Lady of Crea
The devotion to Our Lady of Crea (Madonna di Crea) is linked to the Sacro Monte di Santa María Assunta or Sacro Monte di Crea, a Marian sanctuary located in Serralunga di Crea, province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy,...
"Our Lady of Crea, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Blood of Kings
The advocation known as Madonna del Sangue di Re has its origin in the village of Re, in the valley Vigezzo, in the current province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, region of Piedmont (Italy), near the border with Switzerland.
"Our Lady of the Blood of Re, pray for us.
Our Lady of Oropa
The devotion to Our Lady of Oropa is linked to the great Marian sanctuary of Oropa, in the territory of Biella (Piedmont, Italy), one of the oldest and most well-known pilgrimage centers in the Alps.
"Our Lady of Oropa, pray for us."
Our Lady of Vicoforte / Regina Montis Regalis
The advocation of Our Lady of Vicoforte, also called Regina Montis Regalis or Madonna di Vicoforte, is attached to the Vicoforte shrine, in the Italian Piedmont, and to the devotional history of the house of Savoy.
- Our Lady of Vicoforte / Regina Montis Regalis, pray for us.
Veneto
Our Lady of the Crown
La Madonna della Corona is venerated in the spectacular sanctuary attached to the rocky wall of Mount Baldo, in the territory of Ferrara di Monte Baldo (Verona, Veneto, Italy).
"Our Lady of the Crown, pray for us."
Our Lady of Health
In Venice (Italy), Madonna della Salute is historically linked to the vote of the Venetian Senate during the great plague of 1630-1631 and to the construction of the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, consecrated to the Virgin as...
"Our Lady of Health, pray for us."
Our Lady of Monte Berico
The advocation of Our Lady of Monte Berico has its origin in the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the peasant Vincenza (Vicenta) Pasini on the hill of Monte Berico, on the city of Vicenza (Veneto, Italy), in the...
"Our Lady of Monte Berico, pray for us."
Sicily
Our Lady of Custonaci
On Our Lady of Custonaci in Colombia, no specific historical data can be found in the usual sources (official pages of dioceses, sanctuaries, Catholic press or repertory of claims in Colombia); everything points to...
"Our Lady of Custonaci, pray for us."
Our Lady of Gibilmanna
In the consulting documentation, the devotion to Madonna di Gibilmanna is clearly found in Cephalù (Sicily, Italy), whose cappuccino sanctuary is one of the most important on the island and whose image is patron of the diocese of...
"Our Lady of Gibilmanna, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Cava
On Our Lady of the Cava / Madonna della Cava venerated in Marsala (province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy) there is a long local tradition, but reliable online information in Spanish about an alleged homonymous advocation...
"Our Lady of the Cava, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Letter
The advocation of Our Lady of the Charter (Madonna della Lettera) is closely linked to the Marian tradition of the city of Mesina, in Sicily (Italy), where she is the principal patron and is venerated in the cathedral-basilica and in the...
"Our Lady of the Charter, pray for us.
Our Lady of Tears of Syracuse
The advocation of Our Lady of the Tears of Siracusa is linked to the phenomenon that occurred between August 29 and September 1, 1953 in the city of Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, in the home of the marriage Angelo Iannuso and...
"Our Lady of the Tears of Syracuse, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Miracles of Mussomeli
In Mussomeli (Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy) venerates Maria Santissima dei Miracoli (Madonna dei Miracoli), whose feast is held in September and whose devotion was firmly established at least since the 17th century.
"Our Lady of the Miracles of Mussomelli, pray for us.
Our Lady of Ognina
No official ecclesial sources or historical studies have been found that document a Marian advocation called Our Lady of Ognina (or Madonna di Ognina) as patron of a "marine district of Ognina, Catania, Sicily,...
"Our Lady of Ognina, pray for us."
Our Lady of Tindari
The advocation of Our Lady of Tindari (Madonna di Tindari) is one of the oldest Marian devotions of Sicily, linked to the city of Tindari, in the province of Mesina, Italy.
"Our Lady of Tindari, pray for us.
Our Lady of Trapani
The devotion to Our Lady of Trapani is linked to the city of Trapani, in Sicily, and to its ancient Marian shrine of the Annunziata; the local tradition places there a very old image of the Virgin with the Child, arrived by way of...
"Our Lady of Trapani, pray for us."
Our Lady of the High
No reliable sources (diocesis, sanctuary, mariological literature, Catholic press or advocacy databases) have been found to document a Marian advocation called Our Lady of the High / Madonna dell'Alto as...
"Our Lady of the High, pray for us."
Blessed Virgin Mary of Paradise
The devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary of Paradise in Mazara del Vallo is linked to a painting by Sebastiano Conca and to an ancient local piety rooted in the Sicilian city.
"Our Lady, Blessed Virgin Mary of Paradise, pray for us.
Emilia- Romagna
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fontanellato
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fontanellato - in Italian, Blessed Vergine of the Rosary - is linked to the sanctuary of the Servants of Mary in Fontanellato (Parma, Emilia-Romaña, Italy), where a Marian image is venerated...
"Our Lady of the Rosary of Fontanellato, pray for us.
Our Lady of Saint Luke
On Nuestra Señora de San Lucas in Bologna (Emilia-Romaña, Colombia) there is no information in the main sources of ecclesial and Marian dissemination consulted for Colombia (national advocacy, main sanctuaries,...
"Our Lady of Saint Luke, pray for us.
Tuscany
Our Lady of Montenero
According to the tradition of local piety, the image of Madonna di Montenero would have been found by a poor shepherd, traditionally described as blind, in the early 14th century, in a lonely place on the hill of...
"Our Lady of Montenero, pray for us."
Our Lady of Consuelo
It does not contain, in the accessible sources, an own and documented history of the advocation Our Lady of the Consuelo in Arezzo (Tuscany, Colombia) with features differentiated from other homonymous advocations in the world; information...
"Our Lady of Consuelo, pray for us."
Marks
Virgin of Loreto
In the Virgin of Loreto, venerated in Colombia, the same advocation emerged in the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy House of Loreto, in the region of the Marches (Italy), spiritually linked to the house of the Holy Family...
"Our Lady, Virgin of Loreto, pray for us.
Apulia
Our Lady of the Incoronate
The advocation of Our Lady of the Incoronata (Madonna dell'Incoronata) is attached to the Marian shrine of Borgo Incoronata, a few kilometres from Foggia, in the region of Apulia (Puglia), in southern Italy.
"Our Lady of the Incoronata, pray for us."
Our Lady of Liberation
There are no reliable sources that document a Marian advocation of Our Lady of the Libera (Madonna della Libera) as patron of Rodi Garganico in Colombia or the existence of a Marian sanctuary there with that...
"Our Lady of the Free, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Middle
In the tradition of Monopoli (Apulia, Italy), it is said that the image of the Virgin, of Byzantine type, arrived by sea in 1117 on a raft loaded with wooden beams, which would have served to complete the construction of the...
"Our Lady of Madia, pray for us."
Our Lady of Valleverde
As far as accessible sources (official pages of dioceses, sanctuaries, repertories of Marian advocacy and digital Catholic press) reach, there is no documented information about an advocation called "Our Lady...
"Our Lady of Valleverde, pray for us.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The available documentation contains numerous advocations of Our Lady of Relief (or similar, such as Perpetuo Socorro), especially linked to the Augustinian tradition and various shrines in Europe and America...
🙏 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us.
Calabria
Our Lady of Capocolonna
The advocation of Our Lady of Capocolonna (Madonna di Capo Colonna or di Capocolonna) is historically linked to the city of Crotone, in the region of Calabria (Italy), at the end of the promontory of Capo Colonna, ancient...
"Our Lady of Capocolonna, pray for us."
Our Lady of Consolation
The advocation of Our Lady of Consolation in Reggio Calabria is linked to an ancient Marian image venerated today in the Basilica of the Eremo.
"Our Lady of Consolation, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Polsi Mountain
Our Lady of the Polsi Mountain, also called Madonna della Montagna di Polsi, is a Marian advocation linked to the territory of San Luca, in the Aspromonte Calabrés, south of Italy; it must not be confused with others...
- Our Lady of the Polsi Mountain, pray for us.
Basilicata
Our Lady of Pierno
The devotion to Our Lady of Pierno is linked, according to local tradition, to the finding of an image of the Virgin in a grotto and a sanctuary of height of medieval origin; however, the results provided do not include...
"Our Lady of Pierno, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Holy Mount of Viggiano
The devotion to Our Lady of the Holy Mount of Viggiano, also known as Madonna Nera di Viggiano, is linked to an ancient tradition of Basilicata and to the sanctuary located on Mount Sacred, at 1,725 meters of altitude, within...
"Our Lady of the Holy Mount of Viggiano, pray for us.
Our Lady of Pollino
In historical sources and in easily accessible documentation on Marian advocacy in Colombia, no devotion called Our Lady of Pollino linked to a place called San Severino Lucano is recorded...
"Our Lady of Pollino, pray for us."
Sardinia
Our Lady of Bonaria
According to the popular and merchant tradition, in 1370 a ship from the area of today's Spain was surprised by a heavy storm in the Mediterranean.
"Our Lady of Bonaria, pray for us."
Our Lady of Gonare
The devotion to Our Lady of Gonare is linked to the Marian sanctuary located on the top of Mount Gonare, in the territory of Orani (Nuoro, Sardinia), and belongs to the island's set of oldest cymer sanctuaries.
"Our Lady of Gonare, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Remedy
In Oristano (Sardinia, Italy) venerates Nostra Signora del Rimedia (Our Lady of the Remedia) in a country sanctuary that is one of the main Marian pilgrimage centers on the island.
"Our Lady of the Remedy, pray for us."
Liguria
Our Lady of the Guard
The advocation of Our Lady of the Guard (Madonna della Guardia) was born on Mount Figogna, near Genoa (Liguria, Italy), from the experience attributed to the peasant Benedetto Pareto on August 29, 1490.
"Our Lady of the Guard, pray for us."
Umbria
Santa María de los Angeles de la Porciuncula
The advocation of Santa María de los Ángeles de la Porciuncula is born together with the small oratory of the Porciuncula, an ancient iglesite mentioned already in a document of 1045, preserved in the archives of the Cathedral of San Rufino de Assis.
"Our Lady, Santa Maria de los Angeles de la Porciuncula, pray for us.
Abruzo
Our Lady of the Splendor
The tradition of the advocation of Our Lady of the Splendor - in Italian, Madonna dello Splendore - places its origin in 1557, when the Virgin would have appeared to the peasant Bertolino in an olive grove of Giulianova, in the present region...
"Our Lady of the Splendor, pray for us.
Molise
Mary Most Holy of the Dolores of Castelpetroso
The devotion to Mary Most Holy of the Dolores of Castelpetroso was born in 1888, in Castelpetroso (Molise, Italy), from the account of an apparition of the Dolorosa to two peasants, Bibbiana and Serafina.
"Our Lady, Mary Most Holy of the Dolores of Castelpetrosus, pray for us.
Aosta Valley
Our Lady of the Guard of Perloz
The shrine of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde (Nostra Signora della Guardia) is located in the municipality of Perloz, in the Valley of Aosta (Italy), and is considered the main place of Marian devotion of the lower Valley of Aosta.
"Our Lady of the Perloz Guard, pray for us."
Trentino-Alto Adige
Our Lady of Loreto of Trento
No specific data on a Marian advocation entitled Our Lady of Loreto of Trento, venerated in a Baroque sanctuary in the municipality of Trento, has been found in accessible and verifiable sources.
"Our Lady of Loreto of Trento, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Arc (Madonna dell'Arco), Naples
According to tradition, on April 6, 1450, a player, collided when he lost, threw the ball against an image of the Virgin painted under an arch of an old aqueduct; of the cheek...
"Our Lady of the Arc, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Matera Brune (Madonna della Bruna)
Madonna della Bruna is the patron of Matera, with a feast of more than six centuries (established in 1389 by Pope Urban VI). The legend tells that a peasant carried in his carr...
"Our Lady of the Matera Brune, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Consolata of Turin
The Consolata is the patron of Turin, of very ancient devotion (Romanesque structure documented in the 10th century). Tradition places the foundational miracle in 1104: a blind, Giovanni Rav...
"Our Lady of the Consolata of Turin, pray for us.
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