Virgin of Defense

Faenza, Italy (1685)

In Forli, in eastern Italy, a wealthy family donated an image of Our Lady to a convent church. On the last Sunday of September, 1650, the painting was installed in its new marble shrine. An annual festa on that day commemorated the beginning of public veneration of the Virgin of Defense. In the night of November 20, 1685, a fire spread from the convent laundry to the parlor and sacristy and had almost entered the chapel of the holy image when the flames stopped unexpectedly. This miracle rekindled public devotion to the Blessed Virgin of Defense, which the Vatican approved it officially in 1721.

On December 14, 1954, on the sacred image was placed a crown made of the nuns’ gold rings they had received at their solemn profession.

Text and image used with permission.
Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill

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