The Sanctuary was built in 1435, following an apparent Marian apparition, while one of the periodic plague epidemics was raging. Pietro Falco, an injured military at the time, decided to retire in prayer in a grove at the foot of Monteortone to find relief from his ailments. Towards the end of May 1428, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, would have appeared to him and invited him to immerse himself in the ancient thermal spring ...
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