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Tèmpiu/Tempio Pausania

Church of Our Lady of the Snow

Tèmpiu/Tempio Pausania

Church of Our Lady of the Snow

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Church of Our Lady of the Snow

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Location: Tèmpiu/Tempio Pausania, Tàtari/Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

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3. View of Monte Limbara – Monte Limbara loop from Belchidda/Berchidda

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Bryan | Exploro Ergo Sum

July 4, 2024

The small church, located at 1000 meters above sea level, is surrounded by beautiful natural scenery. Rebuilt in 1994 on the remains of the 1900 building, it reflects the architecture of the ancient Gallura churches, with exposed granite. The feast of the Madonna della Neve is celebrated on August 5th.

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sprengan

June 19, 2023

The holy Madonna della Neve (Maid of the Snows) was very venerated in the past. August 5th is therefore a holiday dedicated to the Virgin "of Snow".

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JakobusPilger

July 4, 2025

The patronage of "Our Lady of the Snows" – which, in my experience, is not all that common – indicates that this church was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, but not, as is usually the case, associated with one of her classic feast days (such as the Name of Mary, the Nativity, the Assumption, or as Queen of the Rosary). Rather, the search for the origin of "Our Lady of the Snows" leads us far back in church history to the fourth or fifth century, and geographically speaking, away from Sardinia to the Italian capital. On August 5, 363, at the site where the magnificent church of Santa Maria Maggiore stands today, the so-called "Miracle of the Snows" occurred. That is, on that day, in the middle of summer, snow lay on the ground in the morning because Our Lady wanted a church dedicated to her to be built on that spot. She communicated this wish in a nighttime vision to a wealthy couple – who financed the construction – and to the Bishop of Rome, Pope Liberius. The Roman church has the rank of a patriarchal basilica (papal basilica), and is the origin of all churches and chapels bearing this patronage. In the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, the date of August 5, the day of the church's consecration (in the year 432 by Pope Sixtus III), is a "non-obligatory memorial."

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Church of Our Lady of the Snow

1. At the foot of Mount Limbara

2. Fossu Pisclaronni Rocky Trail – Monte Limbara loop from Tèmpiu/Tempio Pausania

3. View of Monte Limbara – Monte Limbara loop from Belchidda/Berchidda

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