Our lady of Tears (Rome)
Rome, Italy (1546)
In 1546, in a street fight near the shrine of the Madonna del Portico d’Ottavia near the Roman Ghetto, one man begged another to spare his life for love of the Virgin Mary, then stabbed him in the back when he hugged him in forgiveness.
The image wept three days. The 15th-century fresco was then moved into the nearby church of San Salvatore de Cacabariis.
In 1612 church reconstruction began, and in 1616 the image was reinstalled and the church rededicated to the Weeping Madonna. The image of Mother and Child was crowned on May 20, 1643.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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