March 22 Madonna dei Sette Veli, Foggia, Apulia, Italy.
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March 22 Madonna dei Sette Veli, Foggia, Apulia, Italy. . In 1062, three little flames rising from the water attracted some herders to a bog, where they found a Byzantine icon of the Virgin. Now in Foggia's Cathedral, the image is covered in seven sheaths of precious metal. On March 22, 1731, Holy Thursday, while the people were all at mass, the Virgin's face appeared in the small, usually dark, window of the cladding. St. Alphonsus Liguori heard about it and went to Foggia to pay homage. He saw the Madonna appear as a girl of 13-14, in a white veil. The apparitions continued until 1745. Foggia's patronal feast March 20-22 commemorates them. The main city feast of the Madonna of Seven Veils takes place around the Feast of the Assumption, August 13-16.
March 22 Madonna dei Sette Veli, Foggia, Apulia, Italy.
March 22 Madonna dei Sette Veli, Foggia…
March 22 Madonna dei Sette Veli, Foggia, Apulia, Italy.
March 22 Madonna dei Sette Veli, Foggia, Apulia, Italy. . In 1062, three little flames rising from the water attracted some herders to a bog, where they found a Byzantine icon of the Virgin. Now in Foggia's Cathedral, the image is covered in seven sheaths of precious metal. On March 22, 1731, Holy Thursday, while the people were all at mass, the Virgin's face appeared in the small, usually dark, window of the cladding. St. Alphonsus Liguori heard about it and went to Foggia to pay homage. He saw the Madonna appear as a girl of 13-14, in a white veil. The apparitions continued until 1745. Foggia's patronal feast March 20-22 commemorates them. The main city feast of the Madonna of Seven Veils takes place around the Feast of the Assumption, August 13-16.