The venerated Marian image, crowned by Pope Clement XI via Pontifical decree through the Bishop of Cremona, Carlo Ottaviano Guaschi in 30 September 1710.
The famed shrine is piously known for the purported foot imprint of the Madonna and the revelation of a water fountain, which serves as the main veneration for its religious devotees.
Pope Clement XI granted a decree of Pontifical coronation towards the site in 10 September 1710. Pope Pius X raised her shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via the Pontifical decree Templa Dei Antiqua on 7 May 1906. The decree was signed and notarized by Cardinal Luigi Macchi.
The apparition was reported by Giovannette, daughter of Pietro Vaccli and wife of Francesco Varoli. She said that on 26 May 1432, Mary appeared in a field in Caravaggio, in Northern Italy, in the region of Milan; and said that her Son was angry, that for him people should fast on Fridays and for her they should celebrate Saturdays after vespers.
The Virgin Mary announced peace to Giovannette in her family, among the neighboring warring states and reconciliation between the Church in the East and West, through the Council of Florence (1436—1445). As proof of her Marian apparition, the Virgin left the imprint of her feet on the stone where she stood. A spring of water sprung forth from under the stone, purported to be miraculous.[1]
Eventually a modest shrine was built at the place of the apparition thanks to the Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti. In 1575, Charles Borromeo hired the architect, Pellegrinio Pellegrinis to enlarge the sanctuary. The Madonna di Caravaggio, or "del Fonte", is now an enormous shrine.
In the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, it inspired a number of satellite shrines and some imitative visions.[2] The sanctuary still exists and attracts many people.
^"Madonna of Caravaggio Shrine," All About Mary, International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton.
^Christian Jr., William A., "Introduction: Rural Life and Religion", Apparitions in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain", Chap 1
Referencesedit
Cobham, Ebenezer. A Dictionary of Miracles Chatto & Windus, 1901
"The Age of Marian Apparitions". Daily Catholic, Vol.9, No.129, July 1998
External linksedit
International Marian Research Institute at the University of Dayton. The Institute, a leading center for research and scholarship on the Blessed Virgin Mary, has a vast presence in cyberspace.
Marian Library at the University of Dayton. The Marian Library is the world's largest repository of books, periodicals, artwork, and artifacts on Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
Santuario di Caravaggio - official website
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