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The Moglietti sanctuary (Italian: ''Santuario dei Moglietti'') is a sanctuary devoted to
Scheda sul santuario sul ''Censimento Santuari Cristiani in Italia''
* http://www.biellaclub.it/_cultura/libri/Santuari-biellese/index.htm
The Moglietti sanctuary (Italian: ''Santuario dei Moglietti'') is a sanctuary devoted to Our Lady of Graces
Our Lady of Graces (Italian: ''Madonna delle Grazie'' or ''Nostra Signora delle Grazie'') or Saint Mary of Graces (Italian: ''Santa Maria delle Grazie'') is a devotion to the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. Several churches with this d ...
in the ''comune'' of Coggiola
Coggiola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,285 and an area of .All demographic ...
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History
The sanctuary was built from 1888 enlarging an ancient chapel dating back to the 18th century. The site once was a wetland and the name ''Moglietti'' (from the local expression ''muijeit'', swamp) remembers the past ambient. The place is also known as ''the battlefield'' because, according to the local tradition, there has been a battle between the citizen of Coggiola andFra Dolcino
Fra Dolcino (c. 1250 – 1307) was the second leader of the Dulcinian reformist movement who was burned at the stake in Northern Italy in 1307. He had taken over the movement after its founder, Gerard Segarelli, had also been executed in 1300 on ...
and his fellows.
Description
Today the sanctuary is composed by a small church, with apse, portico, belltower, and a small hostel. The ancient votive column with the fresco of theVirgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...
with baby Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
is still preserved in the church. In front of the sanctuary there is the characteristic fountain that can be found in every sanctuary in the Biellese territory.
Inside the church are exposed the many Ex voto
An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or to a divinity; the term is usually restricted to Christian examples. It is given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ''ex voto suscepto'', "from the vow made") or in gratitude o ...
donated by the devotees.
Bibliography
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*CoEur - In the heart of European paths
CoEur is a Christian devotional and hiking route in Italy and Switzerland. Its Italian subtitle, ''Nel cuore dei cammini d'Europa'', translates as "In the heart of Europe's paths".
History of the route
The path CoEUR was created in the late 1990 ...
* Path of Saint Charles The Path of Saint-Charles (''Cammino di San Carlo'') is an historical, artistic and devotional route which follows the travels of saint Charles Borromeo from Arona, his native town, and Viverone, where the path joins the Via Francigena.
The 200&n ...
External links
Scheda sul santuario sul ''Censimento Santuari Cristiani in Italia''
* http://www.biellaclub.it/_cultura/libri/Santuari-biellese/index.htm
References
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