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A vintage postcard from the shrine of the Madonna di Caravaggio in Lombardy, Italy. According to tradition Mary appeared at the site in 1432 to a woman called Jeannette de Vacchi.
Madonna del Carmine
The image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel venerated in the church of the Madonna del Carmine in Sorrento, Italy.
Madonna di Schiavonea
The miraculous image of Our Lady of Schiavonea, Italy.
According to legend, Mary appeared above the sea to a local fisherman in August 1648. She told him to have an image painted of her apparition, so the people could come to venerate it and call on her aid. The fisherman did not immediately follow Mary’s request. It took two more apparitions before he finally found an artist to execute the painting, which shows Mary on a throne with her arms outstretched.
The story further goes that, once the painting was finished, the church bells began to ring by themselves, calling people to view the miraculous effigy of Mary as she appeared above the sea.
Ex votos in the chapel of the Madonna del Divino Aiuto (Our Lady of Divine Help) in the church of Gesù e Maria on the Via del Corso in Rome.
La Madonnina delle Lacrime
A 1950s postcard of the miraculous Weeping Madonna of Siracusa, Sicily.
A street shrine for Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Porto Valtravaglia, Italy.
(Source: digilander.iol.it)
The altar of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the shrine of the Madonna di Guadalupe in Santo Stefano d’Aveto, Italy.
(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
The icon of the Madonna del Voto and the cathedral of Siena, Italy. The image of Mary is venerated inside the cathedral as the city’s patroness.
The miraculous statue of Our Lady of Loreto, Italy.
Pope John XXIII, who passed away 50 years ago today, prayed at the shrine of Loreto in 1962 to ask for Mary’s protection of the Second Vatican Council.
Watch: Pope takes train
A vintage postcard of the Madonna del Rosario di Pompei, Italy.
The shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii was built in the late 19th century as an act of repentance by a former satanist called Bartolo Longo.
A detail of a 14th century painting of the Madonna of Mercy in the Servite church of Santa Maria dei Servi in Genova, Italy.
