Our Lady of the Pine
Montagnaga, Italy (1729)
Domenica Targa (30) was busy watching her cattle which started running in all directions, when she cried: “Mary, Jesus, help me.” The Virgin Mary appeared with a white veil and promised her help in exchange for her making a pilgrimage on the Ascension to St. Anne in Montagnaga that had an image by Caravaggio. She went and as she knelt in prayer the crowned Blessed Virgin appeared again in a golden robe, with Jesus in her arms, asking that the local priest be told of the apparition and that a feast be established.
In 1730, an ecclesiastical investigation began which had a positive result. A sanctuary was built and consecrated in 1750.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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