Shrines in Italy

The following listing represents a selection of Marian shrines in Italy, some among the more important ones. There are hundreds of Marian shrines in Italy, many of them of local importance. Some miraculous or venerated images of Our Lady listed here are located in monasteries, basilicas, and parish churches not of specifically Marian character. The map reproduced here after allows to situate the sanctuaries according to regions.

Rome and the Region of Lazio

The Basilica of St. Mary Major (Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore)
Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Visiting Hours: 7:00 A.M. -7:00 P.M. (until 6:00 P.M. in Winter).
Fee: free, donation suggested is four Euros
Photographs are permitted.
Rome, Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Location in Italy: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12. [View Satellite Map]

The Immaculate Conception Column
Looking up from the bottom of the Spanish Steps, the column is located at the top of the steps, between the little wall, and the church of the Propaganda Fide College. The statue of the Immaculate Conception stands atop the eighty-foot-high column.
Rome, Italy
Location in Italy: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12 [View Satellite Map]

Mater Admirabile
This painting is a fresco, the location of which has become a shrine.
Location: Convent of the Madams of the Sacred Heart.
Visitors must climb the stairs beside the Trinita dei Monti, ring the doorbell at the entrance and say, “Sister, may I visit Mater Admirabilis?” The Sister will then give permission, and direct the devotee to the second floor corridor, reached by several flights of stairs.
Address: Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Hours: 9:00A.M.- 7:00 P.M. daily.
Travelers be aware that on some days the church may be closed.
Location in Italy: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12 [View Satellite Map]

San 'Andrea delle Fratte, Basilica.
Chapel of the apparition to Alphonse Ratisbonne (1842): location of the painting Madonna of the Miracle
Via S.Andrea delle Fratte
Rome, Italy.
Hours: 7:00A.M.-6:00P.M.
Sant 'Andrea delle Fratte
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12. [View Satellite Map]

Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (Santuario del Perpetuo Soccorso)
Church of St. Alphonse, a few blocks west of St. Mary Major, on the Esquiline Hill
Via Merulana, 31
Rome, Italy
The Shrine has a special entrance for wheel chairs.
omph-roma.org
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12. [View Satellite Map]

Mother of Divine Love (Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore)
Via Ardeatina, 1221 (12 km from the Lateran)
Rome, Italy
Hours: 6:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. daily.
Our Lady of Divine Love
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12. [View Satellite Map]

Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven (Basilica of the Santi Quattro Coronati)
Piazza Campidoglio
Capitoline Hill
00186 Roma, Italy
Hours: Daily: 9:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. and 3:30 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12. [View Satellite Map]

Our Lady on the Way (Santa Maria in Via)
Church of Santa Maria in Via (near Via Flaminia, Rome, Italy)
Via del Mortaro, 24.
Apparition based on painted image of Our Lady on stone floating (1265)
Rome, Italy
Hours: 7:00 A.M.- 7:00 P.M. daily
Santa Maria in Via
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12 [View Satellite Map]

The Virgin of the Revelation (Tre Fontane)
The Grotto of the Three Fountains on Via Laurentina 450; vicinity of Abbey of Three Fountains.
Based on apparition to Bruno Cornacchiola (1947) as "The Virgin of Revelation"
Custodians: Franciscan Conventual Friars Minor
Renamed in 1997 by Pope John Paul II: Holy Mary of Third Millennium at Three Fountains
Hours: 10:00 A.M.-6:00P.M. Daily.
divinarivelazione.org
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12 [View Satellite Map]

Our Lady of Confidence or “Seminarian’s Madonna” (Madonna della Fiducia)
Chapel of the Pontifical Roman Seminary
Adjacent to the Basilica of St. John Lateran
Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano
Rome, Italy
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12

Saint Mary of the People (Santa Maria del Popolo)
Piazza del Popolo (North side)
Custodians: Augustinians
Santa Maria del Popolo
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in Rome, in the region of Lazio, number 12 [View Satellite Map]

Our Lady of the Iron Barred Crypt (Santa Maria di Grottaferrata)
Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata
Corso del Popolo, 128
Grottaferrata (Province of Rome)
Custodians: Basilian Monks
Hours: 9:00A.M.-12:00P.M. 1:30 P.M.- 5:00P.M.
abbaziagreca.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12

Our Lady of Good Counsel (Madonna del Buon Consiglio)
Genazzano, Italy
Thirty miles south east of Rome (Province of Rome)
Caretakers: The Order of St. Augustine
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12

Sanctuary of Mentorella in Capranica Prenestina (Santuario Madre delle Grazie della Mentorella)
Mt. Guadagnolo, Italy (Provincia di Roma)
Custodians: Polish Resurrectionist Fathers
Hours: All year: 8:00 A.M.to 1:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Guided tours are available.
mentorella.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12 [View Satellite Map]

Our Lady of Capocroce (Santuario del Capocroce)
La Madonna di Capocroce
Frascati, Province of Rome, Italy
Custodians: Salesian Fathers
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lazio, number 12 [View Satellite Map]

Southern Regions of Italy

Weeping Madonna of Syracuse, Sicily (Madonna delle lacrime)
Via degli Orti, Syracuse
Hours: 7:00A.M-8:00P.M.
madonnadellelacrime.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Sicily, number 19 [View Satellite Map]

Sanctuary of Madonna di Gibilmanna (Santuario di Gibilmanna)
On the western slopes of Pizzo Sant'Angelo
Cefalu, Province of Palermo, Sicily/Italy
Custodians: Capuchin Friars
Hours: 8:00A.M.-1:00P.M. and 3:00P.M.-7:00P.M.
Sanctuary of Gibilmanna
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Sicily, number 19 [View Satellite Map]

Sanctuary of Holy Mary of Abundance (Sanctuario of Maria SS. dell'Abbondanza)
Cursi, Lecce (the heel of the boot)
santuario.cursi.it
Location : on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Puglia, number 16

Our Lady of Sorrows, in Castelpetroso, Italy (Santuario dell'Addolorata di Castelpetroso)
Via San Rocco
Castelpetroso, Isernia, Italy
Custodians: Friars of the Franciscans of the Immaculate
(The painting of Our Lady with the Seven Swords piercing her heart.)
Hours: 7:00A.M-12:30P.M. and 1:30 P.M.- 7:00P.M.
santuarioaddolorata.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Molise, number 14 [View Satellite Map]

Sanctuary of Monte Vergine (Santuario di Montevergine) the Black Madonna icon
Avellino, Italy (about an hour by car from Naples, Italy)
Hours: 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. daily
montevergine.org
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Campania, number 15 [View Satellite Map]

Mother of Mount Carmel (Santuario del Carmine Maggiore Basilica)
Also known as Madonna del Carmine called "La Bruna"
(Icon of the Virgin and Child)
Piazza del Carmine, 2
Naples, Italy
Custodians: Carmelite Friars
Hours: 8:00A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Santuario Carmine Maggiore
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Campania, number 15 [View Satellite Map]

The Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary (Madonna del Rosario di Pompei)
Via Piave
Pompei, Italy (vicinity of Naples)
Custodians: Dominican Friars
Hours: 7:00 A.M- 6:00 P.M.
Blessed Bartolo Longo: Modern Rosary Saint
Madonna del Rosario
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Campania, number 15 [View Satellite Map]

Central Regions of Italy

Loreto, The Holy House of Nazareth (Santuario di Loreto)
Loreto, Marche, Italy
Hours: 6:00 A.M.- 12:30P.M. 2:30P.M.-8:00P.M. April through October
Hours: 6:15 A.M.-7:30 P.M. (closed 12:30 P.M.-2:30 P.M.) October through March
santuarioloreto.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of le Marche, number 11 [View Satellite Map]

(Many popes and saints have visited the Holy House at Loreto.
Pope John Paul II, Pope John XXIII, Pope Pius IX; saints such as Ignatius of Loyola, Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine, Alphonsus Liguori, Louis Grignon de Montfort, John Bosco, and Therese of Lisieux, to name a few.)

Sanctuary of Our Lady of St. Luke (Santuario della Madonna di San Luca)
Bologna, Italy. At the top of the Colle della Guardia
Our Lady of St. Luke is a church basilica.
Elevator and wheelchair accessible, the Basilica also has large restrooms.
sanlucabo.org
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Emilia-Romagna, number 8 [View Satellite Map]

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears (Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime)
Trevi, Perugio, Italy
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Umbria, on the map, number 10

Madonna di Montenero, The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace (Madonna delle Grazie di Montenero, Livorno)
Tuscany, Italy
About six miles southeast of Florence, a mile from the water and southeast of the small sea port of Livorno.

Located on a hill-side, the sanctuary looks over the sea.
The chapel is just beyond the Carriage Square with the fresco covering the side of the sanctuary, depicting the shepherd who, in 1345 found the image of the Madonna.
Caretakers: Vallombrosa Benedictines
Hours: 6:30A.M.-12:30 P.M.(1:00 P.M. on the week-ends) 2:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. (7:30 P.M. on the week-ends)
santuariomontenero.org
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Tuscany (Toscana), it is number 9 [View Satellite Map]

Viterbo Cathedral
Piazza San Lorenzo
10, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
www.romeartlover.it/Viterbo.html

Northern Regions of Italy

Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime (The Madonna of the Tears)
Treviglio, Bergamo, Italy
Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lombardy, number 3 [View Satellite Map]

Our Lady of Mt. Berico (Santuario della Madonna di Monte Berico)
Vicenza, Italy (In the State/Region of Veneto)
Caretakers: Order of Servants of Mary
Hours: 7:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. and 2:30 P.M.-5:30 P.M. daily
monteberico.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Veneto, number 5 [View Satellite Map]

Sanctuary of Caravaggio (Santuario di Caravaggio)
Caravaggio, Italy. Also known locally as Careas, located in the province of Bergamo in Lombardy, Italy.
Via Papa Giovanni XXXIII
Caravaggio, Bergamo, Italy
Hours: 7:00A.M.12:00P.M. 2:00P.M.-6:00P.M.
santuariodicaravaggio.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Lombardy, number 3 [View Satellite Map]
(There is a second sanctuary with almost the same name, Santuario della Madonna di Caravaggio in Rapallo, in the Gulf of Tigullio, Province of Genova)

Our Lady of Sorrows of Rho, Lombardy (Santuario dell’Addolorata di Rho)
About fifteen miles from Milan.
The church contains the portrait of the Sorrowful Mother, Mary, with the Crucified Body of Christ reclining in her lap.
Custodians: Oblate Missionaries (Padri Oblati Missionari)
santuariorho.it
Location: on the map, the region of Lombardy, number 3 [View Satellite Map]

The Madonna of the White Stone (Santuario di Madonna Pietralba)
Weissenstein, South Tyrol, Italy
Custodians: Servants of Mary
pietralba.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Trentino-Alto Adige, number 4 [View Satellite Map]

Our Lady of Oropa-The Black Madonna (Santuario di Oropa)
Founded by St. Eusebius, first Bishop of Vercelli
Biella-Oropa, Provincia di Biella
Wheelchair accessible.
santuariodioropa.it
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Piemonte, number 1 [View Satellite Map]

Madonna of Consolation (Santuario Basilica la Consolata)
Basilica Santuario dell Consolata
Via Maria Adelaide
Turin, Italy
Hours: 7:00A.M.-12:00P.M. and 2:00P.M.-6:00P.M.
laconsolata.org
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Piemonte, number 1 [View Satellite Map]

Our Lady of Montallegro (Santuario di Nostra Signora di Montallegro)
Rapallo, (Provincia di Genova) Italy
Via Santuario, 24
Wheelchair accessible, with elevator; cable car (funivia)
Restaurant and hotel a few steps away.
Hours: 7:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. and 2:30P.M. -5:45 P.M.
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Liguria, number 7 [View Satellite Map]

Our Lady of Mercy, Sanctuary of the Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy (Nostra Signora della Misericordia)
Savona, Italy
Has frescoes of the events of the life of Mary, as depicted in Scripture.
Water was blessed by St. Charles Borromeo in 1580.
Declared a Roman Minor Basilica by Pope John XXIII in 1963
Hours: 6:45 A.M.-11:45A.M. and 3:00P.M.- 6:30P.M.
Santuario di Nostra Signora della Misericordia
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Liguria, number 7 [View Satellite Map]

Island of Sardinia

Our Lady of Bonaria (of "good healthy air or climate") (Basilica Nostra Signora di Bonaria, Sardinia)
(Also known as Vergine Bonaria, Sardinia)
Piazza Bonaria, Cagliari
Sardinia, Italy
Custodians: Fathers of the Mercedarians
Hours: 6:30A.M.-12:00P.M. and 1:30P.M.-7:30P.M. (year-round)
Wheelchair accessible.
bonaria.eu
Location: on the map of Italy, it is in the region of Sardegna, number 20 [View Satellite Map]

All names and a number of addresses were taken from: The Marian Shrines of Italy. Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, Our Lady’s Chapel, New Bedford, MA, USA, 2000.