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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture As Marjorie says, there are a number of these, e.g. the painting of the BVM said to have appeared to Julian of Palermo while he was praying in the woods at his oratory and now the primary cult object of the Santuario della Madonna del Romitello at Borgetto (PA). I will try to look this one up. But I'm really pressed for time right now and make no guarantees. The end of the first paragraph here doesn't give me much hope: in this instance, the origin of the name may be unknown: http://www.diocesi.sassari.it/cattedrale.html My dimmish memory about the painting displayed is that it was found, not too long ago, beneath another, of the sixteenth century, that had been painted over it. I don't know whether the figure at lower right (seemingly a donor) has been satisafactorily identified. There's a literature on medieval and early modern painting in Sardinia, but it's really outside my interests and experience. Best, John Dillon On Wednesday, December 7, 2005. at 6:22 pm, Marjorie Greene wrote: > There are apparently several "Madonne del Bosco." When I dogpiled > the > moniker, I found this story, dating, however, from the 17th c. I > bet your > Lady got her name in a similar way. The family of Saint John Bosco > also had > some connection with a shrine, living in proximity to a Madonna del > Bosco:"Il 16 di maggio del 1617 tre ragazzi del luogo che > pascolavano le greggi > nel bosco di Imbersago, giunti nella località detta “Fonte del > Lupo” > scorsero una pianta di castagno con un riccio verde, lo colsero e > videro che > conteneva tre castagne mature. Data la grande carestia che si > abbatteva in > quegli anni nella zona, l’evento fu giudicato straordinario e > frutto > dell’intervento miracoloso della Madonna." > MG > p.s. John Dillon will have the final answer for you. > > > >From: Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval > religious > > culture <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 6. December > >Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:51:27 -0600 > > > > > In Sassari (SS) the cathedral is dedicated to N. > One of this > > > church's treasures is the fourteenth-century Madonna del Bosco: > > > http://www.publivideo.it/elenchi/ss/sassari.htm Here she is in her > > > niche above the main altar: > http://www.diocesi.sassari.it/madbosco.html> > >Dear John, > >Any idea how she picked up the moniker "del Bosco"? > >Cheers, > >Jim Bugslag ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html