The Santuario della Madonna del Sangue is a sanctuary in the ''comune'' (municipality) of Re, Italy. It is devoted to the

Virgin 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 ...

and it was built where in 1494 a miracle occurred: a small fresco of the ''

Nursing Madonna The Nursing Madonna, ''Virgo Lactans'', or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. In Italian it is called the ''Madonna del Latte'' ("Madonna of milk"). It was ...

'' was hit by a stone and started bleeding. This sanctuary is the destination of many pilgrimages from the area and is the most important religious place in Val Vigezzo. This church is part of the

Via del Mercato The so-called Market way (''Via del Mercato'') connects Locarno with Domodossola, through the Centovalli and the Val Vigezzo. The way uses ancient path and mule tracks used in the past centuries by merchants transporting goods from Italy and Switzer ...

, an itinerary of CoEur - In the heart of European paths.

History and description

Only many years after the miracle, in 1627, the bishop of Novara, Carlo Bascapè, inaugurated the first sanctuary, built thanks to his initiative. The basilica in Byzantine Revival architecture visible today was inaugurated on 5 August 1958. Designed by the architect

Edoardo Collamarini Edoardo Collamarini (1863–1928) was an Italian architect, active mainly in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. He was born and died in Bologna. He studied there and in Parma. He was friend of Giosuè Carducci, and pupil of Alfonso Rubbia ...

, it has been built entirely by local masons and artisans and it was raised to the dignity of

Minor basilica In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

in 1958.

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Sanctuary of Re
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