Santuario Madonna dei Fiori 6.0.0 Apk
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Description of Santuario Madonna dei Fiori
App dedicated to events Live Streaming of the Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Fiori of Bra.
The name is linked to the tradition according to which, 29 December 1336, a young pregnant woman, Egidia Mathis, appeared to the Virgin: threatened by mercenaries at a pylon with the image of Mary, was saved by the sudden appearance that would put to flight the evil, while all around, even in the dead of winter, the blackthorn bushes flourished immediately. Today these bushes bloom inexplicably in the middle of winter, as opposed to what usually happens to the plant.
The area of the sanctuary, just outside the city coming from Turin belongs to the parish of St. John the Baptist of Bra, it includes several facilities:
- The ancient sanctuary, built in Baroque style in 1626 on the site where an earlier chapel commemorating the miracle. The building preserves in a side chapel of the statue of Our Lady of the Flowers, which is carried in procession on September 8, day of the patron. Even a painting by the Flemish painter Jean Claret depicts the same subject;
- The New Sanctuary, started in 1933 on the designs of Bartolomeo Gallo, opened the celebrations but still unfinished. It is decorated with frescoes by Piero From baskets, author also of a large canvas depicting the apparition of the Virgin Mary to Egidia Mathis;
- The garden ("Pruneto"), the rectory, the facilities and the oratorio annexed retirement home "Blessed Valfrè" for retired priests.