Santa Maria delle Grazie

Santa Maria delle Grazie

The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Brescia.

The building of this church, with its traditional structure of a Latin cross divided into a nave and two aisles, was begun in 1522. The interior was to a large extent transformed by the addition of splendid plaster-work decorations during the 17th century. Among the paintings to be found in the church are: the “Blessed Virgin among St. Sebastian, St. Martin and St. Rocco”, attributed to Moretto, the beautiful “Miracle of St. Martin” by the Venetian Francesco Maffei and the “Nativity” by Pier Maria Bagnadore over the high altar. The Sanctuary dedicated to Santa Maria is next to the delightful cloister with corinthian columns.A fountain adorned with a bronze statue by Santo Callegari is to be found in the middle of a delightful cloister, which connects the church to the Shrine containing a sacred image of the Madonna, whose appearance today is the result of the reconstruction in neo-gothic style by the architect Giovanni Tagliaferri at the end of the 19th century.

The old church called the Sanctuary, became famous for a miraculous manifestation of B. Virgin. It was the year 1526, when the second feast of Pentecost (May 22) that many devout people prayed at the revered image of B. V. delle Grazie, Madonna saw the opening and closing the hands, with soft eyes open and close, and the Child Jesus and with many gestures to show signs affectionate correspondence with his mother. Even the image of S. Joseph became bright, while the Angels with humble gesture deep bow in adoration. At the sight of this prodigy here invoked. Mercy! Miracle!

The people Brescian, many come to the news of the miracle, before the miraculous genuflesso Effigy, sang in praise of the Virgin “Salve Regina”.

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