In early August of 1218, St. Peter Nolasco, St. Raymund of Penafort, and James, King of Aragon, each had a vision of the Virgin Mary…
The image of the “Our Lady of Life” placed on the high altar has been variously attributed to the hand of Simone dei Crocifissi (documented…
The Bible says nothing about Mary’s birth, only that the angel found her living in Nazareth in Galilee. Traditions about her birth rely on the…
“Who is she that comes forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle…
The story goes that St. Augustine of Hippo in North Africa (d. 420) revered this Black Madonna statue or even carved it; that Augustinian hermits…
In April 1579 some workers tearing down a barn wall heard a voice asking them not to hurt the child; astonished, they worked carefully, and…
The story goes that in 1144, a boy found his calf kneeling before an unusual iron cross, apparently just unearthed. The Madonna appeared, asking for…
Rossano, a town in the province of Cosenza, is proud to have an acheiropoieta image of the Virgin, where devotion for the same has existed…
In the first years of the second millennium, an abbey of Benedictine nuns arose on the hill of Belmonte, 2,000 feet above the town of…