Our Lady of Remedies
Palermo, Italy (1064)
In 1064, the Norman brothers Robert Guiscard and Roger I besieged Palermo, which was under Arab rule, but tarantulas plagued their camp. The Madonna appeared to Roger and advised him to build a fire. He did so and the plague ended, but they had to give up the siege.
When the Normans finally took Palermo in 1072, Roger built a church there dedicated to Madonna deil Rimedi.
In 1610, a Carmelite monastery was built, in 1625 a new church was dedicated to her and was replaced in 1948.
On February 26, 1950 Cardinal Ernesto Ruffini donated a statue of he Madonna formerly in the archbishop’s courtyard. The statue of the Madonna of Remedies was canonically crowned on July 16, 1951.
er feast day is celebrated on September 8.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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