The Holy Virgin of Confort
In the second half of 1700 many earthquakes were registered in Italy , including the land around Arezzo that began to tremble, sowing panic by inhabitants of Arezzo, who saw in the earthquake a punishment from God for their sins. In Porta San Clemente, in the historic center of town, there was a home of their fathers Camaldolesi where there was a cellar where the wine was sold as retail to the less wealthy. The story is that in this cellar there was a small terracotta depicting the Madonna of Provenzano blackened by the smoke that was eleased when they were turned on the kitchen during the harvest, or simply to offer something for travelers.
One evening, the earth began to shake and people who were locked in the cellar asked to the Virgin forgiveness for their blasphemies and gathered in prayer. Suddenly the image of Our Lady began to shine and become a white shiny. From that moment the earth stopped trembling, the image of the Virgin Mary was taken into the Cathedral with a feast and start the process of canonization of the image as a bearer of miracoli. Venereted from Arezzo by February 15, 1796, has protected the city during the assault of French troops led by Captain Lauvergne he wanted to impose on the city no-cristians principles.The city rose to cries of 'Viva Maria!' consists of a small army to expel the French. The French withdrew their troops from this city of Arezzo, the people holding the flags in praise to the Virgin of Comfort did withdraw the French. Once again the faith in the little picture of Terracotta had won. Today it is still very strong devotion to Our Lady of Arezzo of Comfort February 15 that each can be found in the Cathedral in the chapel dedicated to her to pray as if miracles of the past successes were also present.
In the second half of 1700 many earthquakes were registered in Italy , including the land around Arezzo that began to tremble, sowing panic by inhabitants of Arezzo, who saw in the earthquake a punishment from God for their sins. In Porta San Clemente, in the historic center of town, there was a home of their fathers Camaldolesi where there was a cellar where the wine was sold as retail to the less wealthy. The story is that in this cellar there was a small terracotta depicting the Madonna of Provenzano blackened by the smoke that was eleased when they were turned on the kitchen during the harvest, or simply to offer something for travelers.
One evening, the earth began to shake and people who were locked in the cellar asked to the Virgin forgiveness for their blasphemies and gathered in prayer. Suddenly the image of Our Lady began to shine and become a white shiny. From that moment the earth stopped trembling, the image of the Virgin Mary was taken into the Cathedral with a feast and start the process of canonization of the image as a bearer of miracoli. Venereted from Arezzo by February 15, 1796, has protected the city during the assault of French troops led by Captain Lauvergne he wanted to impose on the city no-cristians principles.The city rose to cries of 'Viva Maria!' consists of a small army to expel the French. The French withdrew their troops from this city of Arezzo, the people holding the flags in praise to the Virgin of Comfort did withdraw the French. Once again the faith in the little picture of Terracotta had won. Today it is still very strong devotion to Our Lady of Arezzo of Comfort February 15 that each can be found in the Cathedral in the chapel dedicated to her to pray as if miracles of the past successes were also present.