Our Lady of Mondevi

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October 30: Our Lady of Mondevi, Piedmont (1540)
Our Lady of Mondevi, also known as the Madonna della Mondevi, is located at Vic, in Piedmont, Italy. There is found a picture which a tile-maker had painted on a brick pillar, which he'd erected for that purpose.

This pillar has since been enclosed in a church which was built in year 1645 at behest of Maria Cristina of France, in memory of miraculous rescue of a child from river, which took place in 1644 through invocation of image of Blessed Virgin of the Annunciation, as image had also come to be known. Since that time there have been many miracles which have been wrought & continue to attract a great concourse of people.

Originally, image of this Piedmontese shrine is said to have been depicted on a pillar by a charcoal burner of Vicoforte, about year 1540. The sanctuary of Madonna del Pilone is outside city & it was completed about 1730.

The charcoal burners formed what was known as Carbonari; at first an organization similar to medieval guilds, whose prime purpose was efficiency & spirituality. However, group ended in becoming a secret organization that was particularly political, while possibly also spreading revolution to Spain, France, & other countries.

The image of Our Lady of Mondevi was drawn on a pillar during days of great devotion to Our Lady. It contains so much art that painters try to emulate it, but in vain. The peasant folk especially venerated Our Lady at this shrine, & obtained numerous favors from her.

The church was enlarged in 1779 & equipped with a baptistery in 1807. Inside, enriched with precious furnishings donated by Savoy princes & frescoes by Bartolomeo Guidobono & others, is kept on altar of miraculous image of the Annunciation. The original image has been almost completely repainted in 20th-century restorations.