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anniversaries february
 February
22
Beata Vergine di Poggio, Castel San Pietro Terme,
Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy
On February 22, 1550, blind old Antonia Bedini
was begging for bread when the Madonna appeared saying, "Go home,
and you'll find what you need in the cupboard, for as long as you live."
Antonia obeyed, and her cupboard provided enough bread for her to eat until her
death
nine months later. The miracle immediately
attracted popular devotion and further miracles. The sanctuary
in the Poggio district was begun in 1551. The revered image on its
main altar, brought from Medicina for the Rogations in 1568 and allowed to
remain at the order of the bishop over Medicina's protest, is a 1500s painting
of the French school by Giacomo son of Francesco. The Madonna is seated between
Sts. Francis and Jerome, in a red robe, blue
mantle, and green veil,
with a naked Child on
her knee.
Sources:
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"Apparizione di Poggio di Castel S.Pietro,"
www.mariadinazareth.it/www2005/Apparizioni/Poggio%20di%20Castel%20S.Pietro.htm |
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