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Santuario della Consolata di Torino, dalla Piazza della Consolata
SOURCE : http://www.turismotorino.org/cultura/FR/ID5247/santuario_della_consolata
Turin : La Consolata
En l’an 423, S.Massimo
évêque de Turin, aurait déposé là une icône byzantine. L’image a accompagné la
ville de Turin. Deux fois perdue, deux fois retrouvée prodigieusement (1014 et
1104). C’est une icône ancienne, mais elle a été considérablement remaniée.
Fête : 20 juin
Cf. Domenico MARCUZZI, Santuari mariani d’Italia, edizioni Paoline, Roma 1982, p.75-76
Marie consolatrice des
affligés dans le monde
Buddu : Marie, santé des
malades
Autres sanctuaires du
Natal et Kwazulu-Natal
Carey (Ohio) :
Marie consolatrice des affligés
Incisione
della Consolata di Torino, dans Guglielmo
Stefani, Domenico Mondo. Torino e suoi dintorni - guida storico-artistica,
amministrativa e commerciale Torino, Carlo Schiepatti, 1852
Maria Consolata
Summary
In 1016 the Virgin appeared to a Benedictine monk, Arduino (formerly Earl and Marquis of Ivrea, who in 1002 was elected king of Italy from the intolerant principles of the German yoke) as he lay seriously ill in his castle, commanding him to build three churches in his honor: Belmonte (over which the Benedictines had to officiate), Turin (under the title of Consolation) and Monferrato.
Story
The history of Belmonte and its shrine are always closely related to those of the upper-story Canavese. The oldest of the population of this high back to the first millennium BC, when groups of farmers and cattle breeders were ab dwell among the rocks in the southern village of which they found abundant material remains, now exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Cuorgné .
Even the Romans, who at the foot of the mountain, St. Ponzo, had one of their main settlements, have left no archaeological traces, but especially in the barbaric period that Belmonte is of considerable importance to strategic position: a village-fortress, surrounded by three sets of walls, crowns the summit, to affirm the presence Lombard Upper Canavese.
Abundant and unique finds, especially metal, come to light, while a fibula cross testifies to the advent of the Christian faith. Slowly they illuminate the darkness of history, figures and characters begin to emerge: among all Arduinus, which still partly legendary stories are interwoven with those of Belmonte.
In 1016, towards the end of his life, the Virgin miraculously appeared to him to restore his failing health in exchange for the construction of a church in Belmonte, something done promptly six days later with the assistance of his nephew William Volpiano, abbot of Fruttuaria. Even the most ancient documents confirm that already in the eleventh century there was a Benedictine cell, depending on the monastery of St. Thomas of Busano, under the jurisdiction and protection of that of San Benigno of Fruttuaria.
The first buildings in this era arose near the convent. And again the Madonna appeared miraculously in 1326 to Bishop Guido of Asti, first-rate figure in the history Canavese for his work for peace among the feudal lords; for his involvement with the monastery was settled there goods and noble maidens of origin Asti.
In 1477 the abbey of
Fruttuaria, which always depended Belmonte was built in commendam, the
monastery has a negative impact and Benedictine, almost abandoned to
themselves, were devoid of religious and temporal aid. In 1602, following the
decrees of the Council of Trent, which forbade the female convents outside the
city walls, the Benedictines were forced to leave Belmonte was their intention
to bring the statue miraculous, but the sudden darkness, let it be ' Madonna's
intention to remain in Belmonte. Their place was taken by the Friars Minor of
St. Francis.
Over the centuries they
gradually enlarged the convent, completely rebuilt the church (1620), making it
increasingly rich in works of art, larger and more beautiful, encircled the top
of the mountain with the chapels of the Stations of the Cross (1712) and, what
is More importantly, made ??it the spiritual center of the Canavese. The
convent was suppressed in the French Revolution, it also tried to destroy the
statue of the Madonna, in Valperga scope for ridicule, but a series of
exceptional events prevented the work was brought to completion. Even the
buildings were auctioned in 1805 but were purchased by the abbot personally
Valperga James Masino them gave back to the Franciscans. Again the law was
abolished in 1866 with Ricasoli, was immediately claimed as private property
and reopened as early as 1872, fastest-selling destination for pilgrims and a
steady stream of faithful.
The brothers remained
isolated there but took part in the life of the people, as well as with the
exercise of the priesthood, with the help, advice and hospitality granted to
those who always wanted. They found refuge in their convent all persecuted
during difficult times in our history. Important chapters in the life of the
Sanctuary are those of the solemn ceremonies of the coronation of the Virgin:
the first is from 1788 and on this occasion, the Vatican Chapter, examined the
evidence of miracles, officially recognized the supernatural virtues of the
statue housed there. A hundred years later, he saw the coronation church
renovated: enlarged and embellished the interior with frescoes of great
artistic value on the most important episodes of the life of the Sanctuary,
completely rebuilt the facade. It dates back to the same period the
construction of the piers with the mysteries of the Rosary along the
traditional route of pedestrian Valperga, while more recent memorial to the Hub
Pens Canavese and the statue of St. Francis on the highest point of the hill
with his arms raised to heaven to sing the praises of God and thanks for asking
the inhabitants of the lands below.
Shrine
The Shrine of Belmonte
(Valperga Canavese - Turin)
10087 Valperga Canavese
(Turin) - tel.0124/617204
Books
Volumes are available on
the Sanctuary and the quarterly magazine "The Echo of the Shrine of Belmonte"
SOURCE : http://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/approved_apparitions/ivrea/index.html
Autel de la Virgen de Consolación, Sainte patronne de la ville de Turín
June 20 – La Consolata (Our Lady of Consolation),
Turin, Piedmont, Italy (1104)
by Editor - 06-20-2015
La Consolata, Our Lady of
Consolation, is a Byzantine-style icon said to have been painted by St. Luke
and given to St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin, by St. Eusebius of Cremona, Abbot of
Bethlehem (d. 423), then hidden during the iconoclastic period. In 1014, the
Marquis of Ivrea received a vision of the Virgin at his sickbed, who requested
a chapel to “La Consolata” in St. Andrew’s Church. On fulfilling her request,
he regained his health and discovered the old icon in the church crypt. But St.
Andrew’s was soon destroyed by civil war. In 1104, a blind man in France
dreamed of a painting of the Virgin under the ruins of a church in Turin.
Believing that Our Lady would restore his sight if he restored her honor, the
man journeyed to Italy and convinced a number of people to start digging. On
June 20, 1104, they uncovered the remains of the chapel and the undamaged icon
of La Consolata, an event celebrated during the annual festa. However, the
image now over the sanctuary’s altar (left) is a 1400s copy of another icon
ascribed to St. Luke, the Roman Madonna del Popolo. (Information Basilica
Santuario della Consolata, www.laconsolata.org and Consolata Missionaries,
www.consolata.ca; image from FdM – Portale della Famiglia del Murialdo,www.murialdo.org.)
Source: http://www.wherewewalked.info/feasts/06-June/june_20.htm
Originally from: 365
Days with Mary
Our Lady of the Day (June 20 1104) –
OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION (MADONNA DELLA CONSOLATA), Turin, Piedmont,
Italy
by Fr. Maximilian Maria - Fr. John
Francesco MariaPosted onJune
20, 2020
HISTORY
The icon is found in the
most important sanctuary of the city and of the Archdiocese of Turin. According
to the legend, a Czech from Briançon, after dreaming the Virgin, went to Turin
to look for the sacred image and when he succeeded he regained his sight on June
20, 1104.
The Sanctuary of the
Madonna della Consolata (Our Lady of Consolation [the Conslà in Piedmontese]),
or according to the official denomination, Church of Santa Maria della
Consolazione, is a Catholic basilica located near the homonymous street and is
one of the oldest places of worship in Turin. Dedicated to Mary, invoked with
the title of “Comforter”, it is considered the most important sanctuary in the
city and the Archdiocese of Turin, as well as a true masterpiece of the
Piedmontese Baroque. Great names of architecture dedicated themselves to its
construction, such as Guarino Guarini, Filippo Juvarra and Carlo Ceppi. The
sanctuary was also the usual place of prayer for numerous Piedmontese saints.
It has the dignity of a minor basilica.
The tetrastyle pronaos of
the portal bears the Latin writing CONSOLATRIX AFFLICTORUM or “Consoler of the
Afflicted”. It would therefore be more correct to call the church “Sanctuary of
the Comforter”, however, it has always been referred to as Consolata, as if it
were Mary who was consoled and not Her, the consoler.
The Sanctuary stands on
the remains of one of the corner towers of the walls of the ancient Julia
Augusta Taurinorum. Here, in the 5th century, Bishop Massimo built a small
church dedicated to Saint Andrew, probably on the remains of a previous pagan
temple, with a chapel dedicated to the Virgin, where an image of Mary was
placed. Shortly after the year 1000, the church was the seat of the Novalicensi
monks, veterans of the expulsion from the Susa Valley by the Saracens.
THE MIRACLE
The great devotion that
binds the city to this sanctuary originates from a painting depicting Our Lady,
of which a posthumous copy is still preserved inside the current crypt of the
sanctuary. The story goes that the icon was lost during the various alterations
of the church.
A blind man, whose name
would correspond to Giovanni Ravacchio, who came from Briançon, arrived in
Turin on a pilgrimage claiming that he had received precise indications from
Mary regarding the recovery of this sacred image. When, after some insistence
with the episcopal authorities, it was found, and the man recovered his sight.
It was June 20, 1104. Following this miraculous event, the church of
Sant’Andrea was restored, elevated to the rank of basilica and the icon
solemnly placed within it. The episode is not supported by official documents,
however, there is a plaque inside the church, dated 1595, which seems to
confirm the incident, as it confirms the text of an official parchment from
1104.
From the Benedictines who
made a further expansion it passed to the Cistercians who remained there for
over two centuries. After the rebuilding of the work in 1703, the basilica was
given back to the faithful who made it the center of Turin’s faith and religion
during the hard days of the Franco-Spanish siege. The city recommended itself
to the Consolata for its own salvation, and as a votive offerings, a series of
pillars bearing the image of the Virgin and the memorandum date 1706 were
placed in the points of greatest importance around the city.
Its unfavorable
geographical position, as it is close to the city walls, made the sanctuary
vulnerable to the heavy bombing of the siege of Turin in 1706 but, despite the
cannon shots, it remained largely intact: a bullet that hit the base of the
dome can still be seen today from the street of the Consolata. On the external
side wall it is possible to see the commemorative plaque bearing the
inscription “Bullet Siege June 1704”. Following the fatal event, the city council
elected “Maria Consolatrice” co-patron, together with Saint John the Baptist,
of the Piedmontese capital.
The Napoleonic decree of
1802 imposed the suppression of religious orders and the monks of the
Cistercian Order were forced to abandon the sanctuary which, for a short
period, was transformed into a barracks. In 1815 the sanctuary returned to
being a sacred place and the regency was entrusted to the Oblates of the Virgin
Mary, at the behest of Archbishop Luigi Fransoni. In 1835, following the outbreak
of a cholera epidemic, the city administration erected the column on the square
adjacent to the road of the Consolata.
The largest bell is the
largest in Piedmont along with that of the basilica of San Gaudenzio in Novara
and is one of the largest bells in Italy.
In the 19th century
Secondo Pia, famous for being the first to photograph the Holy Shroud
highlighting its photographic negative properties, was commissioned to
photograph the ancient portrait of the Virgin, in order to reproduce copies of
it for distribution. During the delicate dismantling of the frame, a writing
emerged at the base of the painting, identifying it as portraying Santa Maria
de Popolo de Urbe (Holy Mary of the People of Rome), thus tracing the work to a
reproduction of the artist Antoniazzo Romano and later brought to Turin by Cardinal
Della Rovere . Although it is not therefore the original icon present in the
ancient church of Sant’Andrea, the current one has been and continues to be the
object of veneration. This is testified by the many ex-votos donated by the
faithful, visible in the right aisle.
The saints that Turin has
had over the centuries have always been particularly linked to this sanctuary.
Among them, Saint Joseph Cafasso, who is buried inside the sanctuary, Saint
John Bosco and Saint Leonard Murialdo who went there frequently; in addition,
Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, founder of the Consolata Missions Institute, was
rector from 1880 to 1926.
The feast of the Madonna
della Consolata is celebrated on June 20 of each year. This date is chosen in
memory of the miracle of the blind man of Briançon. Remarkable, on the day of
the feast, is the procession around the streets of the city.
VIDEO PILGRIMAGE:
Sources:
Sito Ufficiale: http://www.laconsolata.org/
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santuario_della_Consolata
https://biscobreak.altervista.org/2013/06/madonna-della-consolata/
https://www.piemontesacro.it/chiese_torino/consolata.htm
http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91938
Beata Vergine Maria
Consolatrice (La Consolata) Venerata a Torino
Miracolo del 20 giugno
1104
La devozione torinese
verso la Consolata, Patrona dell’ Arcidiocesi, è certamente la più sentita
oltre ad essere la più antica. Le origini sono remote, secondo la tradizione il
protovescovo S. Massimo fu il costruttore di un’antica chiesa mariana proprio a
ridosso delle mura cittadine, presso la torre angolare i cui resti sono ancora
visibili. Simbolicamente allineato alle antiche mura, a prova della protezione,
sorge oggi l’altare maggiore in cui è collocata la veneratissima effige.
Originale è il titolo di “Consolata”, probabilmente un’antica storpiatura
dialettale, “la Consolà”, del più consueto “Consolatrix afflictorum”. Per noi è
bello pregare Maria meditando che Consolata da Dio è più che mai Consolatrice
nostra.
Nella storia remota
sull’origine del Santuario troviamo l’anziano Re Arduino di Ivrea che,
ritiratosi nell’Abbazia di Fruttuaria, ebbe in sogno disposizione dalla
Madonna, insieme a S. Benedetto e S. Maria Maddalena, di costruire tre chiese a
lei dedicate: la Consolata, Belmonte nel Canavese e Crea nel Monferrato. Nel
1104 la Vergine apparve anche ad un cieco di Briancon, Giovanni Ravachio, a cui
disse di recarsi a Torino dove, trovando un quadro che la rappresentava,
avrebbe acquistato la vista. Il cieco ottenne ascolto solo dalla donna di
servizio. Messosi in viaggio per un momento gli si aprirono gli occhi presso
Pozzo Strada (oggi vi sorge la parrocchia dedicata alla Natività di Maria) e
vide da lontano il campanile di S. Andrea (antico titolo del Santuario). Giunto
finalmente alla meta, scavando, trovò l’immagine della Vergine e acquistò la
sospirata vista. Probabilmente l’icona era stata nascosta durante
l'imperversare dell’eresia del vescovo iconoclasta Claudio, affinché non fosse
distrutta. Accorse il vescovo Mainardo, allora residente a Testona di
Moncalieri, e la miracolosa immagine venne ricollocata con i dovuti onori.
Quest’effige oggi non esiste più mentre vi è nella parte bassa del Santuario la
cappella sotterranea detta “delle Grazie”. Il complesso abbaziale di S. Andrea
era retto dai benedettini che vi avevano trovato rifugio dopo essere fuggiti
dalla Novalesa a causa delle scorribande saracene. Della loro presenza ci
restano il millenario imponente campanile in stile romanico-lombardo, opera del
monaco-costruttore Bruningo, e le reliquie di S. Valerico Abate, collocate
nell’altare a lui dedicato. Ai benedettini subentrarono poi i Cistercensi
Riformati, detti Fogliensi.
Il quadro oggi venerato è
invece dono del Cardinale Della Rovere (il costruttore del Duomo) ed è
attribuito ad Antoniazzo Romano. Opera della fine del XV secolo si ispira alla
Madonna del Popolo di Roma.
La devozione della città
verso la Vergine fu sempre accompagnata a quella della Casa Regnante. I Savoia
furono attenti ai vari interventi costruttivi facendo sì che vi lavorassero i
migliori artisti al loro servizio. A Guarino Guarini si deve l’attuale
impostazione dell’edificio, nato dalla trasformazione dell’antica chiesa di S.
Andrea, mentre lo splendido altare maggiore è opera di Filippo Juvarra. Nel
1904 Carlo Ceppi, su commissione del Rettore Beato Giuseppe Allamano, aggiunse
quattro cappelle laterali dando il definitivo assetto che si presenta assai
originale e adatto al raccoglimento e alla preghiera. Colpisce inoltre la
ricchezza di marmi e stucchi dorati.
La devozione della città
verso la Vergine Consolata è rimasta costante nei secoli, il popolo con i suoi
sovrani vi si raccoglieva in preghiera sia nelle occasioni felici, sia in
quelle infauste: centinaia di ex-voto lo testimoniano.
Tra i vari avvenimenti
che videro la Consolata particolarmente invocata, ricordiamo l’assedio alla
città da parte dei francesi nel 1706. Torino resistette eroicamente per mesi
agli attacchi del forte esercito nemico. Autentico padre spirituale della città
fu il già anziano Beato Sebastiano Valfrè, oratoriano, confidente del Duca,
cappellano militare, sostegno morale del popolo e ispiratore del voto alla
Madonna di Vittorio Amedeo II che si concretizzerà nella costruzione della Basilica
di Superga sul colle più alto della città. Dalla clausura anche la carmelitana
Beata Maria degli Angeli indicava Maria Bambina come liberatrice. Dopo l’eroico
gesto di Pietro Micca la vittoria avvenne il 7 settembre, vigilia della festa
della Natività di Maria. Decine di pilastrini con scolpita l’immagine della
Consolata furono collocati lungo il campo di battaglia (l’attuale Borgo
Vittoria). Una palla di cannone, rimasta conficcata vicino alla cupola, è
ancora oggi visibile.
Nel 1835 durante l’epidemia
di colera la municipalità fece un nuovo voto di cui il principale promotore fu
il decurione Tancredi di Barolo, Servo di Dio. In ringraziamento per il
limitato numero di vittime fu eretta all’esterno del Santuario una colonna con
la statua della Vergine. In quegli anni un assiduo devoto fu Silvio Pellico, un
semplice busto all’interno lo ricorda.
Nel 1852 lo scoppio della
vicina polveriera di Borgo Dora vide Paolo Sacchi, novello Pietro Micca,
scongiurare la tragedia. Il vicino ospedale del Cottolengo subì gravissimi
danni, tra le macerie restò illesa un’immagine della Consolata e fortunosamente
non si registrò alcuna vittima.
Anche durante le due
guerre mondiali i torinesi si rivolsero alla loro Patrona: centinaia di
spalline militari, croci di guerra, un’edicola all’esterno e una lapide
all’interno ce lo ricordano.
Il Santuario fu meta di
numerosi santi. L’elenco sarebbe lungo, ricordiamo S. Carlo Borromeo e S.
Francesco di Sales, S. Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Don Bosco che portava qui
i suoi ragazzi dal vicino Valdocco, S. Giuseppe Cafasso (qui sono venerate le
sue spoglie), S. Leonardo Murialdo fuori dal portone faceva la questua per le
sue opere, S. Ignazio da Santhià si raccoglieva lungamente in preghiera durante
il suo giro in città prima di salire al Monte, il Beato Pier Giorgio Frassati
vi sostava per la Messa prima di recarsi nelle soffitte dai poveri, S. Giuseppe
Marello vi fu miracolato da ragazzo, la Beata Enrichetta Dominici del vicino
Istituto S. Anna, il Venerabile Pio Brunone Lanteri fondatore degli Oblati di
Maria Vergine che nell’800 ressero il Santuario.
Diversi istituti
religiosi hanno preso il loro nome dalla Consolata: le Figlie della Consolata,
le Suore di Maria SS. Consolatrice (dette le “Consolatine”), i Missionari e le
Missionarie della Consolata. Questi ultimi due Istituti furono fondati dal
Beato Giuseppe Allamano, nipote del Cafasso e Rettore del Santuario per 46
anni. Oggi questi suoi figli e figlie spirituali sono presenti negli angoli più
remoti del pianeta. Nel 1906 S. Pio X conferì al Santuario il titolo di
Basilica Minore.
La festa si celebra,
preceduta dalla solenne novena, il 20 giugno. Al tramonto del sole la statua
argentea viene condotta in processione per le vie del centro cittadino.
Migliaia di fedeli la seguono preceduti da tutti i religiosi e le religiose
della città, da tutte le confraternite e dalle associazioni cattoliche di
volontariato.
Cuore pulsante della
Diocesi il Santuario è un’oasi, in pieno centro cittadino, per temprare lo
spirito. Le celebrazioni si susseguono quasi ininterrottamente tutti i giorni e
numerosi sacerdoti sono sempre presenti per riconciliare con Dio chiunque lo desidera.
Autore: Daniele
Bolognini
Note: Sito del
Santuario: www.laconsolata.org
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91938
Illuminazione
del Santuario con la statua della Madonna, secondo il progetto di Guido
Chiarelli nel 1956
