Our Lady of Soviore
Italy (740)
As the Lombard hordes approached in 641, villagers of Soviore buried their statue of the Madonna and fled toward the Mediterranean. A hundred years later, on July 7, 740, the parish priest was hunting at dawn, when he noticed a dove fly into a hole. Unsuccessful at uncovering the spot, he returned the next day with three helpers with shovels, who unearthed a wooden statue. When the priest tried to carry it home, it was too heavy to move, so he left it there. On the following day, people found that the statue had moved to the top of a nearby chestnut tree. When it repeatedly returned after being moved, the villagers built a chapel at that spot. The statue was crowned on August 10, 1749.
Nostra Signora di Soviore is celebrated on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15th.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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