Description: Laminated Holy Card of Our Lady of Good Counsel Plus a 1" Silver Oxidized Medal of Our Lady of Good Counsel. This exceptionally detailed die-cast medal, with Our Lady of Good Counsel on the front and Pray for Us on the back, is made in the region of Italy that produces the finest quality medals in the world. The silver oxidized finish is has been perfected for hundreds of years by the local Italian craftsmen, and remains unmatched in quality, beauty, and longevity throughout the world -a genuine silver plating with a 3-dimensional depth, and long-lasting brilliance. Measures approximately 1 inch in height - attached jump ring is included.Our Lady of Good Counsel is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after a painting said to be miraculous, now found in the thirteenth century Augustinian church at Genazzano, near Rome, Italy. Measuring 40 by 45 centimeters the image is a fresco executed on a thin layer of plaster no thicker than an egg shell. Over the centuries, devotions to Our Lady of the Good Counsel grew among saints and Popes, to the extent that a reference to it was added to the Litany of Loreto and the devotion spread throughout the world. Her feast day is April 26. According to tradition, the story is said to have begun in 1467 in a small church in Albania. In this church there was the old painting of Our Lady with the child Jesus and no one in the village knew from where it had come. Due to the Turks invading Albania, many villagers were fleeing. Two young men, Giorgio and De Scalvis, often visited the church to pray. They had had a particular devotion to Mary as depicted in the painting of Mary and regretted that it would be left behind. One night as they prayed in the church, they both fell asleep and dreamt that Mary had commanded them to leave the country. She also said that the painting would also depart to escape from the Turks and that they must follow the painting wherever it went. In the morning the painting had detached itself from the wall and hovered, wrapped white cloud. They followed after as the painting led them to the coast. Then they followed it out across the water until they reached the Italian coast. After a few days the cloud and the painting disappeared. Giorgio and De Scalvis began searching the city until they found the old Augustinian church of Santa Maria in Genazzano. In the year 1467, in the midst of the festivities for the Feast of Saint Mark, the townfolk suddenly heard "exquisite music." A mysterious cloud was then said to have descended on the unfinished wall of the parish church. In front of the people, the cloud dissipated and a beautiful fresco, no thicker than a carte-de-visite and no more than eighteen inches square, of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child was revealed. It was widely believed that it had been miraculously transported from a church in Scutari, Albania. The picture of Our Lady was at first called "La Madonna del Paradiso" and now better known as "Madonna del Buon Consiglio" (Our Lady of Good Counsel). Such was the holy image's reputation that Pope Urban VIII made a "glittering" pilgrimage there in 1630, invoking the protection of the Queen of Heaven, as did Pope Pius IX in 1864. On November 17, 1682, Pope Innocent XI had the picture solemnly crowned. Among her noted clients have been St Aloysius Gonzaga, St Alphonsus Liguori, St John Bosco, and Blessed Stephen Bellesini.
Price: 5.5 USD
Location: South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
End Time: 2025-01-14T21:34:38.000Z
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