Our Lady of the Broom
Cori, Italy (1521)
The sanctuary is the place where the Madonna went to rescue a three-year-old Olive during a storm, who was found only after eight days and when she had told her story, all the church with the clergy and magistrates, went in procession to the mountain, where they unearthed a fresco with the image of the Virgin on a throne holding the arm of the Child in blessing.
The many times painted over fourteenth-century fresco probably belonged to an ancient chapel.
The first church was consecrated in 1537 to Our Lady of the Broom. The numerous miracles in the following years led to change of the title to Our Lady of Salvation and the construction of a new larger church, consecrated in 1639.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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