Mamma Schiavona
At almost 1300 meters high in the chain of feverfew, Irpinia in the Apennines, between huge mountains which form authentic bastions of the plateau, the stands most famous shrine in southern Italy, in place that at the time of the great Latin poet Virgil, there was a temple dedicated to Cybele, goddess of nature and fertility.
Virgil who was a connoisseur, he went up several times on this plateau that bears his name, leaving its commitments to Naples to find seedlings to distill the aromatic elixir of life, then in later centuries and still today, the brothers produced by distilling the liquor Benedictine typical of the place.
It was not easy to climb up there on those mountains of Irpinia, but due to stop for a rest, you could restore your spirit with the breathtaking views from there you can admire, from Vesuvius, close to Avellino, the entire Gulf of Naples and the wonderful islands of Capri, Ischia, Procida and then the vast fertile plains of Campania.
In early 1000, arrived in this mountain a young pilgrims in Palestine, but by God's hijacked here, William of Vercelli.
wearing a habit he visited the shrines of Italy Northern, then went to Spain to S. Santiago de Compostela and on his return he decided to go all over the country to go to the Holy Land, but its up here Jesus appeared to him telling him to stop and erect a shrine to the Virgin instead of the one dedicated to the Pagan Great Mother.
William character was not easy and after destroying the existing temple with the idol, came to bishops and popes, to implement the original intent and built a small church to the Virgin Mary. He founded a monastic organization sprang from the trunk, which he called the Benedictine Congregation Verginiani; the fame of these hermits - monks spread throughout Southern Italy and Sicily.
San Guglielmo exhibited in the church for the veneration of the faithful, a small image of Our Lady, in the last decades of the twelfth century was replaced by a beautiful table, where the Virgin is crowned in the act of feeding the baby, this board is kept in the museum Sanctuary and is called 'Our Lady of s. William '. The holy founder of Monaco died June 25 of 1142 probably in the monastery of St. Salvatore in Goleta (AV), while the first pilgrims climbed Mount feverfew, more and more.
Montevergine soon became the parent company of 50 small monasteries that were gradually founded, but was able to impose the reality of their existence to the popes and kings Naples, calling for independence.
The wood of the Madonna was replaced in 1300 by imposing an image on a table of significant proportions, representing the Madonna, which will take the title of Montevergine, sitting on a big chair with the child on his lap.
icon came to Montevergine surrounded by legend and devotion were said to be painted even s. Luke, who had known and had dared to portray the Virgin Mary, he would have only the author of the head, but did not dismay over his face, who fell asleep, he had completed the next morning to find mysterious heavenly intervention.
people called "Madonna Brown, "or even said," Mom Schiavona, "and so came to Argentina` s image, from portions of Lomas del Mirador, where a large group of the faithful `has devoted homage. In fact, Sunday, April 19 at the headquarters of the Association of St. John of the P. Montemarano Fabrizio, invited by President Caramel Bonello, celebrated the Mass, which was followed by lunch. `The image of Our Lady of Montevergine shone majestically in the cool, sunny Sunday to the delight of his devotees.
At almost 1300 meters high in the chain of feverfew, Irpinia in the Apennines, between huge mountains which form authentic bastions of the plateau, the stands most famous shrine in southern Italy, in place that at the time of the great Latin poet Virgil, there was a temple dedicated to Cybele, goddess of nature and fertility.
Virgil who was a connoisseur, he went up several times on this plateau that bears his name, leaving its commitments to Naples to find seedlings to distill the aromatic elixir of life, then in later centuries and still today, the brothers produced by distilling the liquor Benedictine typical of the place.
It was not easy to climb up there on those mountains of Irpinia, but due to stop for a rest, you could restore your spirit with the breathtaking views from there you can admire, from Vesuvius, close to Avellino, the entire Gulf of Naples and the wonderful islands of Capri, Ischia, Procida and then the vast fertile plains of Campania.
In early 1000, arrived in this mountain a young pilgrims in Palestine, but by God's hijacked here, William of Vercelli.
wearing a habit he visited the shrines of Italy Northern, then went to Spain to S. Santiago de Compostela and on his return he decided to go all over the country to go to the Holy Land, but its up here Jesus appeared to him telling him to stop and erect a shrine to the Virgin instead of the one dedicated to the Pagan Great Mother.
William character was not easy and after destroying the existing temple with the idol, came to bishops and popes, to implement the original intent and built a small church to the Virgin Mary. He founded a monastic organization sprang from the trunk, which he called the Benedictine Congregation Verginiani; the fame of these hermits - monks spread throughout Southern Italy and Sicily.
San Guglielmo exhibited in the church for the veneration of the faithful, a small image of Our Lady, in the last decades of the twelfth century was replaced by a beautiful table, where the Virgin is crowned in the act of feeding the baby, this board is kept in the museum Sanctuary and is called 'Our Lady of s. William '. The holy founder of Monaco died June 25 of 1142 probably in the monastery of St. Salvatore in Goleta (AV), while the first pilgrims climbed Mount feverfew, more and more.
Montevergine soon became the parent company of 50 small monasteries that were gradually founded, but was able to impose the reality of their existence to the popes and kings Naples, calling for independence.
The wood of the Madonna was replaced in 1300 by imposing an image on a table of significant proportions, representing the Madonna, which will take the title of Montevergine, sitting on a big chair with the child on his lap.
icon came to Montevergine surrounded by legend and devotion were said to be painted even s. Luke, who had known and had dared to portray the Virgin Mary, he would have only the author of the head, but did not dismay over his face, who fell asleep, he had completed the next morning to find mysterious heavenly intervention.
people called "Madonna Brown, "or even said," Mom Schiavona, "and so came to Argentina` s image, from portions of Lomas del Mirador, where a large group of the faithful `has devoted homage. In fact, Sunday, April 19 at the headquarters of the Association of St. John of the P. Montemarano Fabrizio, invited by President Caramel Bonello, celebrated the Mass, which was followed by lunch. `The image of Our Lady of Montevergine shone majestically in the cool, sunny Sunday to the delight of his devotees.
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