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Nostra Signora della Guardia (Our Lady of the Guard), Varazze, Savona, Liguria, Italy
Commemorated on August 29
According to tradition, on August 29, 1490 the Virgin Mary appeared to a peasant called Benedetto Pareto and asked him to build a chapel on the mountain. Pareto was surprised and replied that he was only a poor man and would not be able to do that. But the Virgin Mary exhorted him by saying “Do not be afraid!”
Nevertheless, Pareto went home and did not speak with anyone about the apparition. A few days later he felt from a tree and was seriously injured. The Virgin Mary appeared to him again and he was miraculously healed. The event convinced him to speak about the apparition and seek help to build the chapel.
History
Timeline
Aug 29, 1490
According to tradition the Virgin Mary appeared to a peasant called Benedetto Pareto and asked him to build a chapel on the mountain. Pareto was surprised and replied that he was only a poor man and would not be able to do that. But the Virgin Mary exhorted him by saying “Do not be afraid!” Nevertheless, Pareto went home and did not speak with anyone about the apparition.
July 1, 1490
A few days later he felt from a tree and was seriously injured. The Virgin Mary appeared to him again and he was miraculously healed. The event convinced him to speak about the apparition and seek help to build the chapel.
According to tradition, the first chapel was built by Pareto himself in the same place of apparition. This is a small rectangular building with a wooden roof, now included inside a new chapel.
1528-30
Due to the increasing flow of pilgrims a shrine was built (on the top of the mountain), thanks to a donation of the noble family Ghersi.
1889
In the second half of 19th century a new shrine was built. Some troubles rose, both technical and financial, but at last the church was completed in 1889 and inaugurated on May 26 1890.
1903
In the following years the number of pilgrims continued to increase and the old church was demolished to make room for a new "hospice" for the pilgrims and guesthouse.
March 11, 1915
The Genoese Pope Benedict XV assigned to the church the title of Basilica. Then, in 1917, the same pope built in the gardens of Vatican City a small temple, where a statue of N.S. della Guardia (given to the Pope by Genoese people) was arranged.
1929
A characteristic train (the “Autoguidovia”) was constructed, allowing pilgrims to reach the shrine from the bottom of the valley (this was then the only alternative was to go on foot).
1963
A new road for vehicles was constructed (provincial road No 52 from Bolzaneto, 11 km long), and the “Autoguidovia”, considered uneconomic, was closed in 1967.
Sept 22, 1985
The shrine was visited by Pope John Paul II.
May 18, 2008
The shrine was visited by Pope Benedict XVI.
Description
In the parish of Leveled located in the municipality of Ceranesi and precisely in the place called Walls had formed a core group of families from the village, took the name of Pareto and one of them belonged to the humble peasant named Benedict, he was a simple man but industrious and pious, and then not only enjoyed the esteem of his fellow countrymen, but above all he was loved by God and his SS. Mother. He had a wife and two sons, Pasquale and Bartholomew, which after God formed the object of his love, and with them expecting to work in the fields that he had at his home. Often he rose again in prayer on Mount Figogna overlooking Leveled necessary for grazing his flock, and a few little 'wood to take home, it was during one of these ascended the Mount Figogna that the Virgin Mary appeared. The oldest story in the article we celebrated the year 1530 memory, this document mentions:
"Finding himself about the year 1490" Benedetto Pareto above Monte Figogna to saw the hay, while waiting for his house to be brought to eat (probably around 10 o'clock in the morning, as this is still nowadays for many farmers of the Polcevera 'hour of dinner, he turned from time to time to see if anyone came, and behold, all of a sudden you see before a grand lady, that the beauty of the face, the sweetness of ways, to the splendor that surrounded her super-human, well-known character was not the ground, but the Queen of Heaven. "It 's easy to imagine the astonishment of Benedict to the appearance, and how he had to remain without a voice trembling with awe and fear.
But the Blessed Virgin comforted him, saying softly: "Do not be afraid, Benedict, I'm Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ," and he added, pointing with his hand to the point:
"I want you there I fabricate a chapel."
"Madam, replied the Pareto, I am ready to do all that I commanded, but they are so poor, and for the manufacture of this mountain and high desert need to be spending so much effort and so much that I despair of being able". "Benedict replied Mary, do not be afraid, with my help you will easily everything. "
"Well, concluded the Pareto trusted in You, O my Lady, I will work hand-controlled. And the virgin rising into the sky, from the looks of Benedict vanished, leaving him full in the soul of heavenly consolation, so, I forget now the food, and just eager to let everyone know about the heavenly vision, he ran hastily down from the mountain to his home. "
"But his wife on hearing of the apparition told by her husband, from disbelief scoffed. Benedict And these taunts he was so depressed that perhaps entirely stopped thinking of executing the order of Maria SS. Received., But were soon to regret He and his partner.
"The day following Benedict, in going to work, rises above a fig tree for isdigiunarsi. Branch on which he breaks his foot, and he falls to the ground, remaining so battered by the fall, which led to arms d ' men to his home, was given by doctors for ispedito. And the poor man thought to prepare themselves with acts of religion, the last step; complaining of not having obeyed to the queen of heaven, and in the fall to recognize the punishment to his disobedience " .
"But the merciful Heavenly Mother appeared to him a second time at the bed, and gently rebuking his disobedience, he renewed the order to make the chapel, and starting left him completely healed."
Approval
This apparition receives traditional approval from the Church. On March 11, 1915 the Genoese Pope Benedict XV assigned to the church the title of Basilica. Then, in 1917, the same pope built in the gardens of Vatican City a small temple, where a statue of N.S. della Guardia (given to the Pope by Genoese people) was arranged. On September 22, 1985 the shrine was visited by Pope John Paul II. On May 18, 2008 the shrine was visited by Pope Benedict XVI.