Our Lady of the Stars
Cellatica, Italy (1536)
On May 31, 1536 the Blessed Virgin appeared to Antonio de ‘Antoni, a poor deaf-mute shepherd of Gardone Val Trompia who was tending the flock of a landowner of San Vigilio, and reciting the Holy Rosary. Suddenly, he received an apparition of Our Lady with the Child in her arms. She said to invite the inhabitants of the surrounding villages to dedicate a temple in that place. Mary encouraged him, assuring him that she herself would have confirmed his request with miracles and graces.
Pope Paul lll granted the building of the sanctuary, on which work began in 1537 and ended in 1539.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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