Miraculous Icons (1000 - 1099 A.D.)

ca. 1000

Monte Carpegna (Italy)

Visionaries: shepherds
Title: Blessed Virgin of the Beech Tree

The summit of Mount Carpegna has always been dedicated to the cult of the Madonna due to the presence of an ancient sanctuary. The legend tells of a miraculous intervention of the Virgin appeared to the shepherds, and after this apparition an image of the Madonna was found, hanging by a beech tree (hence the name of the Blessed Virgin of Beech Tree). The image was carried down to the village in order to venerate it, but the next day it was back to hanging on the mountain beech. For the population was a clear desire to dedicate a shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carpegna.

Source: www.parcosimone.org

1099

Los Llanos (Spain)

Visionary: a priest

A very devoted priest had a vision of the Virgin Mary who told him where a very old and rare painting where it had been dotted with spirited devotion. The priest, respecting the will of the Madonna and follow her directions and found a painting, buried in a cave. Soon the news spread and developed an active pilgrimage site. In 1220 a chapel was built and in 1421 and a sanctuary was constructed.

Turin (Italy)

Visionary: a blind man

The church of Maria Consolata was destroyed by the Saracens and a portrait of the Virgin Mary was lost. The portrait, however, was found near Turin by a blind man who regained his sight through the Blessed Mother. She had appeared and, after the miraculous recovery, he had instructed to bring to light the hidden portrait.