Our Lady of Mercy

Gallivaggio, Italy (1492)

 

On October 10, 1492, in Gallivaggio above Chiavenna, two peasant women who were collecting chestnuts said they saw a majestic woman who turned out to be the Virgin Mary. She appeared to convert sinners, to remind the faithful to sanctify the holidays, and to pray and to do penance. On the place a chapel was built, a church followed; and many pilgrims flocked there over the centuries. A festival is celebrated in the Shrine on October 10 as a solemn reminder of the Apparition.

 

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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill

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