Virgin of Carmel

deity sky Italian single tradition · 1

The Virgin of Carmel is a manifestation of the Virgin Mary whose wooden panel image was originally kept in a church in the mountains of Tramonti. She appeared in a dream to a sacristan requesting church repairs, warning that otherwise she would go to a town where even the hens would love her.

When

First attested
1500 CE
Attested period
1500 – 1609
Historical notes
Original image kept in Tramonti church; carried by storm to Pagani territory before 16th century discovery.

Relationships

manifests as
Madonna delle Galline

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“a wooden panel depicting the Virgin of Carmel was kept in a church perched in the mountains of Tramonti...the Madonna appeared to the sacristan in a dream, asking him to tell the priest to repair the crumbling church”

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