Madonna di Tirano, Tirano, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy
The Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tirano stands on the Swiss-Italian border, where the Virgin appeared to Mario Omodei September 29, 1504, promising an end to the plague if a
temple in her honor would be built on the spot outside the city walls. The epidemic subsided, and the townspeople placed the first stone of the Sanctuary March 25, 1505. Because of its
crossroads location, it has always drawn pilgrims from throughout Europe. The Virgin's statue was part of a silver-clad grouping executed by woodcarver G. Angelo Mayno around 1520.
Napoleonic raiders stripped off the precious metal and destroyed the other statues. In 1946 Pope Pius XII proclaimed the Blessed Virgin of Tirano "special heavenly patron of
all Europe." (Information and image from "Sito ufficiale del cinquecentenario dell'Apparizione della Madonna di Tirano,"
Le news di Tirano, www.comune.tirano.so.it/500/galleria/zoom/int107.html.)
Also celebrated this date:
 | Mother of God, Bialynichy, Mahilyow, Belarus. Icon crowned, 1761. |
| Nossa Senhora de Anguera, Anguera, Bahia, Brazil. Apparitions began,
1987. |
| Madonna delle Vocazioni, Inverigo, Como, Lombardy, Italy. Statue
crowned, 1993. |
| Beata Vergine del Rosario, Fontanafredda, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia
Giulia, Italy. Apparition warned of Turkish attack, 1499. |
| Maria SS. della Pietà, Camaiore, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. Fresco crowned,
1895. |
| Matka
Boża, Licheń, Wielkopolska, Poland. Painting moved to parish church,
1852. |
| Mother of God "Support to the Humble," Moscow, Russia (Sept. 16, old calendar) |
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