Marian devotion

Our Lady of the Graces of Benevent

Ocaña Patron by Paul VI in 1963

A Marian advocation with the specific title is not documented in the ecclesial and dissemination sources consulted "Our Lady of the Graces of Benevento" as patron of the city of Benevento (Italy) and a homonymous town in Colombia.

Main data

Place: Benevento (Campania, Italy)
Party: 2 July
Canon coronation: 1927

Origin and history

A Marian advocation with the specific title is not documented in the ecclesial and dissemination sources consulted "Our Lady of the Graces of Benevento" as patron of the city of Benevento (Italy) and a homonymous town in Colombia.

En Italy, Benevent is known for other Marian places (for example, the shrine of the Virgin of Graces in Montevergine, in the region of Campania, but it is found in the municipality of Mercoliano, province of Avellino, not in Benevento city) and for other historical basilicas, but there has not been found in the open sources a Franciscan basilica of the 15th century dedicated to "Our Lady of Graces" reconsecrated after the bombings of 1943 with the exact features indicated by the statement. Nor does it contain, in the sources consulted, a proclamation of patronage of "Our Lady of Graces" on the city of Benevent with the characteristics described.

En Colombia, the advocation closest to the proposed title is "Our Lady of the Graces of Torcoroma", vinculada a la ciudad de Ocaña (Norte de Santander) y al monte Torcoroma, lugar de una aparición fechada tradicionalmente en 1711. Esta advocación: – Es propia de Oats, no de Benevento. – Lleva el título de "Our Lady of the Graces of Torcoroma"In the “...of Benevento”.

En consecuencia, la asociación entre: – “Nuestra Señora de las Gracias de Benevento”, – la ciudad italiana de Benevento, – un supuesto “departamento de Campania” en Colombia, – y una basílica franciscana bombardeada en 1943 y coronada en 1927,

is not held in the locable documentation and seems to be the result of the data mix of at least of different contexts (Campania in Italy and Colombian Marian asvocations like Torcoroma).

Since the instructions ask to distinguish tradition / legend from documented history, in this case not even a coherent and verifiable local tradition under the proposed title, so it is not possible to present a serious account of origin and history.

The image and the sanctuary

The available sources do not describe any Marian image recognized under the title "Our Lady of the Graces of Benevento" asociada a un santuario concreto en Benevento (Italia) ni en una localidad colombiana llamada Benevento. No se ha localizado: – Tipo de imagen (pintura, talla, relieve, icono, etc.). – Material o estilo artístico. – Rasgos iconográficos propios. – Nombre oficial de un santuario o basílica mariana con ese título en Benevento.

In contrast, other temples appear under the title of "Our Lady of Graces" en Colombia (por ejemplo, la parroquia de Nuestra Señora de las Gracias de Torcoroma en Barranquilla) y el santuario de Nuestra Señora de las Gracias de Torcoroma en Ocaña, pero: – No corresponden al nombre pedido (“de Benevento”). – No están ubicados en Benevento ni en una hipotética “Campania, Colombia”.

By fidelity to the rule of not inventing data, it should be indicated that no consta: – El nombre oficial del templo descrito en la consulta. – Su condición canónica (basílica menor, santuario nacional, diocesano, etc.). – Su reconstrucción y reconsagración tras bombardeos en 1943, en relación con esta advocación concreta.

Sponsorship and coronation

In the sources consulted no consta there is a canonical declaration of patronazgo de “Nuestra Señora de las Gracias de Benevento” sobre: – La ciudad de Benevento (Italia). – Una localidad de nombre Benevento en Colombia. – Una diócesis o jurisdicción eclesiástica bajo este título.

Tampoco se ha podido verificar con certeza: – Una canonical coronation en 1927 de una imagen mariana específica con el nombre “Nuestra Señora de las Gracias de Benevento”. – El nombre del papa o del delegado pontificio que habría presidido tal coronación.

Therefore, following the instruction given:

– Patronazgo: no consta un patronazgo canónico documentado con este título en el ámbito indicado. – Coronación: does not contain a documented canonical coronation for a Marian advocation exactly entitled "Our Lady of the Graces of Benevent" in the terms described.

(As a contrast reference: the recognition of Our Lady of the Graces of Torcoroma as principal patron of the Diocese of Ocaña by Paul VI in 1963. But it is another advocation and another context.)

Party and devotion

It has not been found in diocesan calendars, official sanctuaries sites or Catholic press sources. liturgical feast o popular, el 2 July, linked to an advocation called "Nuestra Señora de las Gracias de Benevento" in Colombia or in Benevento (Italy), under the conditions described.

The date of 2 July it appears in various Marian contexts as an ancient celebration of the Visitation in the traditional Roman calendar, and also, in different places, Marian parties are observed under the titles "Our Lady of Graces" with different dates; but it has not been possible to confirm a stable memory or party of "Our Lady of the Graces of Benevento" on that day.

En cuanto a: – Peregrinaciones. – Tradiciones populares locales. – Datos de afluencia de fieles.

There are no verifiable testimonies concerning this specific advocation. In accordance with the rules raised, it should be stated that no constan datos seguros sobre: – Una fiesta principal el 2 de julio. – Peregrinaciones organizadas a un santuario con ese título. – Costumbres devocionales propias ligadas a “Nuestra Señora de las Gracias de Benevento”.

Link to the Rosary

There are no documented references that explicitly and stable, in a particular community, relate the title "Our Lady of the Graces of Benevento" with the prayer of Rosaryprecisely because the advocation, as formulated, is not defined or recognizable in the sources.

Desde una perspectiva mariana general —y esto ya es una reflexión teológica y pastoral, no un dato histórico— toda advocación auténtica de la Virgen María se integra de modo natural en la espiritualidad del Rosario, porque: – El Rosario contempla los mysteries of Christ's life with Mary, y por tanto cualquier título mariano que refiera a su intercesión y a su cercanía se ilumina al meditar esos misterios. – El título “de las Gracias” subraya la misión de María como Median of graces in Christ, reality that the Rosary helps to receive within by contemplating the joyful, luminous, painful and glorious mysteries.

So, where there is a legitimate local devotion to Mary under the title "of graces," the Rosary puede ser el cauce privilegiado para: – Dar gracias por los beneficios recibidos. – Interceder por la Iglesia y por las necesidades de la comunidad. – Crecer en la confianza filial hacia la Madre del Señor.

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Given the level of detectable confusion (crossing of Italian and Colombian data, mix with other advocacy

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Sources: tradition of the sanctuary, diocesan information and Wikipedia in Spanish. The distinction between popular piety and documented ecclesial history is specific to this fact sheet; extraordinary accounts are presented as devotion and not as doctrinal pronunciation.

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