Italy

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Catholic places of interest in Italy

Basilica of Our Lady of Graces and St. Maria Goretti

In Italian, Santuario di Nostra Signora delle Grazie e Santa Maria Goretti. The church houses the remains of St. Maria Goretti, and what is believed to be the statue of Our Lady of Grace. The remains of St. Maria Goretti lie in the crypt beneath the basilica. The bones are encased in a wax statue; she is not incorrupt. The church contains a statue called Our Lady of Grace, which may be the original statue from Ipswich....

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside The Walls

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Basilica of St Lawrence Outside the Walls

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Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls

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Birthplace of St. Maria Goretti

Here St. Maria Goretti was born on October 16, 1890.

Catacombs of Priscilla

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Catacombs of Saint Sebastian

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Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola

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Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio

International headquarters of the Congregation of Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Sick also known as Camilliani or Camillians. St. Camillus de Lellis purchased the property for his new order. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdelene, houses St. Camillus’ relics, as well as the miraculous crucifix that embraced him on his death bed. Built on the ancient Field of Mars More Information Official site Roman Churches Wiki

Church of St. Francis, Corinaldo

This was the Gorettis’ parish church when they lived in Corinaldo. Here Luigi and Assunta Goretti were married and St. Maria Goretti baptized. The font where she was baptized is still preserved in the church.

Diocesan Sanctuary of St. Maria Goretti

This church is the final resting place for St. Maria Goretti’s mother, Assunta, and her repentant murderer, Alessandro Serenelli. There is also a relic of Maria’s arm here. More Information Official site

Goretti House

Here St. Maria Goretti lived with her family and where she was martyred, stabbed by Alessandro Serenelli. She died the next day in a hospital in Nettuno. Today it is a museum.

Our Lady of Revelation Grotto

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Sanctuary of Holy Mary of Tindari

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Sanctuary of Oropa (Black Madonna of Oropa)

According to tradition, this statue was brought to Italy from the Holy Land by Bishop Eusebius of Vercelli in the fourth century A.D. Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati would also hike in this area. His family villa was nearby, and he would visit the shrine regularly. More Information Official site The Real Presence Miracle Hunter MaryPages

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Valverde

The Shrine of Our Lady of Valverde dates back to 1399, when Our Lady appeared to a farmer plowing his field. During the summer of 1711, when the province was hit by a severe epidemic, the inhabitants of Rezzato prayed to Our Lady of Valverde. On October 1, Our Lady appeared a second time to Paul Ogna, 8, and Francesco Pelizzari, 11, who went to collect chestnuts near the Sanctuary pond....

Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (Shrine of Our Lady of the Miracle, Our Lady of Zion)

Marie Alphonse Ratisbonne, an anti-Catholic Jew, befriended a baron in Rome and began wearing the Miraculous Medal as a simple test. On January 20, 1842, after entering the church of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, Ratisbonne experienced a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He converted to Catholicism, joined the priesthood, and began a ministry for the conversion of Jews. More Information Official site The Real Presence Miracle Hunter MaryPages Link Link Link

Santa Maria in Cosmedin

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St. Maria Goretti Tent of Pardon (Tenda del Perdono)

The “Tent of Pardon” is the site where, according to the National Catholic Register, St. Maria Goretti lay dying in Nettuno. It was here that she forgave her murderer, and may also be the place of her death.

St. Mary Major (S. Maria Maggiore) (Our Lady of the Snows)

A wealthy but childless Christian Roman couple wanted to appoint the Virgin Mary as heiress of their property. On the night of August 4, Mary appeared simultaneously to the couple and Pope Liberius, expressing the wish that a church be erected on Esquiline Hill. The morning of August 5, miraculous snow fell on a narrow piece of land, upon which the Church of Liberius was constructed. This Marian shrine was replaced in the fifth century with a great church named Santa Maria Maggiore, which is now one of the four major basilicas....

Statue of St. Maria Goretti

A statue of St. Maria Goretti in Nettuno, the town where she died.

Tre Fontane

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