The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria in Provenzano

Spread of the Miraculous Image

  • The image of Our Lady of Provenzano was called prodigious immediately after the shooting by the Spanish soldier. Already during the sixteenth century believers came from all over the city and the Sienese countryside to receive grace from the Virgin. The visit often included leaving behind an ex voto, an object that represented the grace received or desired. These were usually candles or small . . .