Santa Maria in Vado is a church located on Via Borgovado number 3 in
Ferrara, Region of
Emilia-Romagna
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, Italy.
History
The church derives its name from a guado or fording (''vado'' in dialect) that was located nearby. A church at the site was documented since the tenth century, but on Easter of 1171, a
eucharistic miracle
In Christianity, a Eucharistic miracle is any miracle involving the Eucharist. The Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, Methodist, Anglican and Oriental Orthodox Churches belief that Christ is really made manifest in the Eucharist and deem ...
occurred when blood spouted from the host during consecration. This made the church an object of pilgrimage. This miracle that appears to confirm
transubstantiation
Transubstantiation (Latin: ''transubstantiatio''; Greek: μετουσίωσις '' metousiosis'') is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of ...
resembles the subsequent events depicted in ''
The Mass at Bolsena
''The Mass at Bolsena'' is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1512 and 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Raphael Rooms, in the Apostolic P ...
''by Raphael.
Reconstruction was started in 1495 under the patronage of
Ercole de' Roberti
Ercole de' Roberti (c. 1451 – 1496), also known as Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole da Ferrara, was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance and the School of Ferrara. He was profiled in Vasari's ''Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, sculto ...
under the designs of
Biagio Rossetti
Biagio Rossetti ( 1447 – 1516) was an Italian architect and urbanist from Ferrara. A military engineer since 1483, and the ducal architect of Ercole I d'Este, in 1492 Rossetti was assigned the project of enlarging the city of Ferrara.
Rossett ...
. The church contains paintings by
Carlo Bononi,
Camillo Filippi,
Prospero Fontana
Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) was a Bolognese painter of late Renaissance and Mannerist art. He is perhaps best known for his frescoes and architectural detailing. The speed in which he completed paintings earned him commissions where he wor ...
,
Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini, and
Domenico Mona.
Il servitore di piazza, guida per Ferrara
By F Avventi (conte.), page 127-137.
Gallery
Image:Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 02.JPG, Interior
Image:Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 07.JPG, Main altar
Image:Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 04.JPG, Nave
Image:Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 08.JPG, Sanctuary of the Holy Blood
References
External links
Province of Ferrara Tourism site
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Maria del Vado
Renaissance architecture in Ferrara
Maria del Vado