Santuario Madonna dei Miracoli

About the museum

The sanctuary stands on the site of the small church of San Pietro in Lamentese, documented around the 10th century. In 1486 a Marian image painted on the outer wall was defaced and, according to tradition, blood flowed from it. The episode gave rise to a great cult, and the Olivetan monks built a monastery beside the site of the miracle. The monastery was suppressed by the Republic of Venice in 1771; religious services resumed in 1827, and the church became a parish in 1955.

The church has a single nave designed in the 16th century by Lorenzo da Bologna, with a high altar in polychrome marbles and an altarpiece of the Assumption by Francesco Montemezzano. The chapel housing the miraculous image is the original building; in front of it, the Marquis Francesco II Gonzaga had a chapel built between 1493 and 1495, of which a large triumphal arch in Vicenza stone survives.

In the old sacristy beside the chapel, the ex-voto museum has been on display since 1997, after restoration work supervised by the heritage protection bodies. The collection comprises 353 pieces, mostly painted tablets donated by the faithful between 1486 and 1893, as well as two small canvases of 1617, jewellery and silver or embroidered hearts offered to thank the Madonna for cures and narrow escapes. It is considered one of the largest collections of ex-votos in Italy.

Highlights

• Ex-voto museum with 353 pieces
• Votive tablets painted from 1486 to 1893
• Chapel of the miraculous image
• 15th-century triumphal arch in Vicenza stone
• Altarpiece of the Assumption by Francesco Montemezzano

Permanent exhibition

• Museo degli ex voto – 353 ex-votos, mostly painted tablets dated between 1486 and 1893, in the old sacristy of the sanctuary.

Founded

1997

Operated by

Parrocchia del Santuario Madonna dei Miracoli

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Getting there & parking

From the A4 motorway at the Montebello exit, follow the signs to Lonigo (about 7 km) and then to San Bonifacio–Verona on the SP XIII for about 2 km; from the Soave–San Bonifacio exit, pass through San Bonifacio and continue to Lonigo on the SP 38a for about 9 km.

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