English: Fresco by Melozzo da Forlì.
Dome of the Sacristy in the Basilica della Santa Casa
(Basilica of The Holy House), Loreto, Italy.
Deutsch: Fresko von Melozzo da Forli
in der Basilika.
Italiano: Affresco della cupola del santuario
di Loreto, opera di Melozzo da Forlì.
Photo: 23 September 2005.
Source: Eigenes Foto, aufgenommen
am 23.09.2005.
Foto: Peter Geymayer
Author: Melozzo da Forlì (1438–1494).
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: Basilica of The Holy House, Loreto.
Italiano: Basilica del Santuario di Loreto.
Photo: 12 December 2012.
Source: File derived from: Loreto250706.JPG
Author: Loreto250706.JPG: Mroselli
Derivative work: Rabanus Flavus
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: The Marble screen around The Holy House, Loreto.
Polski: Santuario della Santa Casa w Loreto - Święty Domek.
Italiano: Santuario della Santa Casa in Loreto - Casa Santa.
Photo: 5 July 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zorro2212
(Wikimedia Commons)
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Volume 1.
Advent.
This Feast Day is not one of those inserted in The Universal Calendar of The Church; but it is kept throughout Italy, and in many Dioceses in various parts of The Christian World, and by a number of Religious Orders.
It was instituted in Thanksgiving for the great favour bestowed on The Western Church, whereby God, to console Christians for the loss of The Holy Sepulchre, miraculously Translated into a Catholic land the humble, yet ever venerable, house in which Mary received the message of the Angel, and where, by the consent of this Holy Virgin, “The Word Was Made Flesh” and began “To Dwell Among Us”.
It is no unusual thing to meet with Catholics, who are sincerely devoted to their Holy Faith, yet who have never heard of The House of Loreto.
It is for their sake that we have resolved to take the opportunity of this Feast to give an exact and concise account of this wonderful event. We take it from the learned and judicious author of “The Life Of M. Olier”.
“It was during the Pontificate of Pope Celestine V, in 1291, when The Christians had irrevocably lost the Holy Places in Palestine, that the House, wherein was achieved The Mystery of The Incarnation in the womb of Mary, was Translated by the Angels from Nazareth into Dalmatia, or Sclavonia, and placed by them on a hill near a little Town called Tersatto.
The Miracles which were being continually wrought in this Holy House, the official enquiry made by chosen deputies who visited Nazareth in order to attest the Translation, and, lastly, the universal belief of all Countries, and the Pilgrims who went from all parts to venerate a Sanctuary which had ever been dear to Christians — all this seemed proof enough of the Miracle. But God gave another testimony, of which the whole people of Italy and Dalmatia were the vouchers.
“Three years and seven months had elapsed since the first Translation, when, in the year 1294, The Holy House was carried across The Adriatic Sea to the territory of Recanati, and placed in a forest, which was the property of a lady called Loretta.
“The inhabitants of Dalmatia were in the deepest affliction: Nothing could have been a greater trial to them. As a slight consolation to themselves, they erected a Church on the spot where the House had stood; it was Dedicated to Our Lady, and was Served later on by The Franciscan Fathers. Over the Porch was placed this inscription: “This is the place where stood The Holy House of Nazareth, which now is honoured in the territory of Recanati [Editor: Hic est locus in quo fuit sacra Domus Nazarena, quæ nunc in Recineti partibus colitur].
“Many of the people of Dalmatia went to live in Italy near The Holy House, where they instituted The Society of Corpus Domini (known under the name of Sclavonians), which lasted even to the Pontificate of Pope Paul III.
“This second Translation was soon rumoured throughout Christendom. There came from almost every part of Europe innumerable Pilgrims. The Holy House had not been in the forest of Loreto eight months, when it was found that the Pilgrims were being attacked by brigands, who were attracted to the area by the hope of booty.
“The House was miraculously removed the distance of a mile, and placed on a piece of rising ground. Then it was that The Holy House, in the year 1295, was once more Translated to a nearby location, where it remains to this day.
“This prodigy has been attested not only by the annalists of The Church, and by the local historians of Loreto (e.g., Tursellini and Martorelli), but by writers whose profound learning has gained them a World-Wide reputation, and among them we may cite Papebroke, Natalis Alexander, Pope Benedict XIV, Trombelli, etc.
“Among the explicit approbations of The Holy See regarding The Miracle of Loreto, we will mention The Bulls of Pope Paul II, of Pope Leo X, of Pope Paul III, of Pope Paul IV, and of Pope Sixtus V. Also, the Decree of Pope Urban VIII, in 1632, establishing this Feast in The Marches of Ancona.
“Also, the Decree of Pope Innocent XII, 1699, approving the Proper Office of the Feast. Also, the Papal Indults of Pope Benedict XIII, and his successors, extending this Feast to several Provinces of The Catholic World”.
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The Basilica is known for enshrining the house in which The Blessed Virgin Mary is believed by some Catholics to have lived. Pious legends claim the same house was flown over by Angelic beings from Nazareth to Tersatto (Trsat in Croatia), then to Recanati, before arriving at the current site.[1][2]
The Basilica is also known for enshrining The Madonna and Child image of “Our Lady of Loreto”. Pope Benedict XV designated the Religious image as Patroness of air passengers and auspicious travel on 24 March 1920.
Pope Pius XI granted a Canonical Coronation to the
Venerated image, made of Cedar of Lebanon wood, on
5 September 1922, replacing the original Marian image consumed by fire on 23 February 1921.[3]
