Name: Church of the Blessed Virgin of the Elm
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Location: Portomaggiore, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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1. Church of San Zenone – Piazza Garibaldi, Argenta loop from Benvignante

51.1km

03:14

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2. Church of San Zenone loop from Portomaggiore

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3. Church of San Zenone loop from Mondonuovo

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02:53

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October 24, 2023

The small church was built on land donated by Count Aventi not far from where a large elm tree stood and solemnly inaugurated on 5 May 1666. Three centuries later in 1966 it was consecrated as a Marian sanctuary.

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In 1660 a terrible famine was afflicting the Portuense area, the priest Apollonio Boari assiduously went to pray to the Virgin in the countryside just outside the town, at the foot of a large elm tree on which a small plaster image of the Madonna with her child was hanging.

The people followed the example of the priest by joining "in prayerful pilgrimage" in a journey of faith still recognizable today from the Collegiate Church to the small Sanctuary.

The famine ended almost miraculously, so much so that the entire population asked to erect a sacred building to accommodate the small chalk tablet.

Even today in the month of May the plaster statuette is carried in procession through the streets of the town which for the occasion is decorated with drapes and rose petals, while the beloved "Madonnina" is surrounded by soft lights, prayers and songs .

(Source: comune.portomaggiore.fe.it/17/163/vivere-portomaggiore/visita-portomaggiore/chiese)

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Location: Portomaggiore, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Church of the Blessed Virgin of the Elm

1. Church of San Zenone – Piazza Garibaldi, Argenta loop from Benvignante

2. Church of San Zenone loop from Portomaggiore

3. Church of San Zenone loop from Mondonuovo

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