Our Lady of the Rock
Alessandria della Rocca, Italy (1620)
In 1620 the Madonna appeared to a blind young woman of Alessandria, granted her sight, and asked her to work on having a church built for the veneration of a statue that would be found hidden in the rocks of a hill.
Convinced by the miracle of healing, the people of Alessandria dug in the spot the Madonna had indicated and found a beautiful white Parian marble statue.
A church was built to house the statue, and the first Hermits of St. Anthony Abbot promoted its cult but was later moved.
In 1820, with the agreement of the people, the Hermits built a beautiful sanctuary, to which the statue returned with solemn festivy on March 30, 1873.
In 1939, at the close of the Marian Eucharistic Congress, the holy image was crowned.
Text and image used with permission.
Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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