{"id":3926,"date":"2023-10-11T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2024-09-27T17:21:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:21:23","slug":"the-sanctuary-of-st-gerard-maiella-the-patron-saint-of-mothers-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/religious-items\/the-sanctuary-of-st-gerard-maiella-the-patron-saint-of-mothers-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella, the patron saint of mothers and children"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>On the occasion of the feast day for his liturgical memory on October 16, we discover the Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella, the patron saint of mothers and children<\/h4>\n\n<p>Oct. 16 marks the memory of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/religious-items\/the-miracles-of-saint-gerard-majella\/\"><strong>St. Gerard Maiella<\/strong><\/a>, The Father of the Poor, <em>The Apostle of the Sele Valley<\/em>, as his devotees call him, a religious man who lived in the 18th century and was recognized as the <strong>protector of expectant mothers<\/strong>, <strong>mothers and children <\/strong>because of his miracles. This is why the Shrine of St. Gerard Maiella, located in Materdomini, in the province of Avellino, is still visited today by thousands of pilgrims and especially by young mothers, parturients and puerperians, who leave in the <strong>Hall of Bows,<\/strong> entirely covered with pink and light blue bows, their gift to thank the saint for his protection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-article\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3928 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/San-gerardo-us.jpg\" alt=\"San gerardo - us\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" data-kale-share-title=\"The Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella, the patron saint of mothers and children\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=3926\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"leggi-anche\">Read more:<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/religious-items\/the-miracles-of-saint-gerard-majella\/\">The miracles of Saint Gerard Majella<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe miracles of Saint Gerard Majella let the world know the human and spiritual story of this exceptional young man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>St. Gerard Maiella belonged to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/saints-and-blessed\/the-saints-that-changed-the-world\/\"><strong>St. Alphonsus Maria de&#8217; Liguori<\/strong><\/a>, so he was a <strong>Redemptorist<\/strong> religious. He took his vows against the wishes of his family, who were concerned about his poor health. Famously, he ran away from home by lowering himself from the window with a sheet to join the Redemptorists, leaving his mother a note in which he wrote, &#8220;<em>Mother, forgive me, I am going to become a saint<\/em>.&#8221; Of a cheerful and gentle disposition, he lived a short life of humility, prayer and penance, and died at only 29 of consumption, but already famous for his miracles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-article\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3929 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/the-saints.jpg\" alt=\"the saints\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" data-kale-share-title=\"The Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella, the patron saint of mothers and children\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=3926\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"leggi-anche\">Read more:<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/saints-and-blessed\/the-saints-that-changed-the-world\/\">The saints that changed the world<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWe want to compile a list of saints famous for changing the world, a gallery of portraits of amazing men and women&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>History of the Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella<\/h2>\n<p>The sanctuary stands in a place of worship already famous long before it was dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/religious-items\/statues\/plaster-statues\/saint-gerard-20-cm-plaster-statue?_gl=1*1lpjlhd*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2OTAyODEzMTIuQ2owS0NRanc1ZjJsQmhDa0FSSXNBSGVUdmxpUXN6U2xKQWxLR2lRUFROWmlldTdtUjJUUWFNb282YVMxaHAtSEp6RkExQVBPUHhodXB1MGFBcnVvRUFMd193Y0I.*_gcl_au*NTIzMjMyNDc1LjE2OTQ3ODgxNDM.*_ga*MTQ4NzE4MjM0Mi4xNjk0Nzg4MTQz*_ga_W18MV136NH*MTY5NjM0MzU1Ni41My4xLjE2OTYzNDU4MjQuMC4wLjA.\"><strong>St. Gerard.<\/strong><\/a> Since the Middle Ages it had been the scene of Marian apparitions, for on two occasions the Virgin showed herself to shepherds through the branches of an elder tree. Initially, only a small chapel had been erected, later replaced by a church, to allow the growing number of pilgrims to show their devotion. Declared a minor basilica, the church was dedicated to Our Lady known here by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/religious-items\/marian-titles-what-are-they-and-how-many-are-all-the-names-dedicated-to-mary\/\"><strong>Marian title<\/strong><\/a> <em>Mater Domini<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-product\">\n<div class=\"blocco-immagine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3930 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Saint-Gerard-20-cm-Plaster-Statue.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Gerard 20 cm Plaster Statue\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" data-kale-share-title=\"The Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella, the patron saint of mothers and children\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=3926\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-contenuto\">\n<div class=\"blocco-acquista\">Buy Now:<\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-titolo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/religious-items\/statues\/plaster-statues\/saint-gerard-20-cm-plaster-statue?_gl=1*1lpjlhd*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2OTAyODEzMTIuQ2owS0NRanc1ZjJsQmhDa0FSSXNBSGVUdmxpUXN6U2xKQWxLR2lRUFROWmlldTdtUjJUUWFNb282YVMxaHAtSEp6RkExQVBPUHhodXB1MGFBcnVvRUFMd193Y0I.*_gcl_au*NTIzMjMyNDc1LjE2OTQ3ODgxNDM.*_ga*MTQ4NzE4MjM0Mi4xNjk0Nzg4MTQz*_ga_W18MV136NH*MTY5NjM0MzU1Ni41My4xLjE2OTYzNDU4MjQuMC4wLjA.\">Saint Gerard 20 cm Plaster Statue<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-descrizione\">The Catholic saint statue of St. Gerard has a long black tunic and holds a gold cross to his chest.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1748, at the behest of St. Alphonsus Maria de&#8217; Liguori a <strong>College of Redemptorist Fathers<\/strong> was built near the church, where St. Gerard Maiella died on October 16, 1755. The saint&#8217;s tomb was placed in the church of Mater Domini, and pilgrimages increased more and more, to the point that in 1974 it was necessary to build another church next to the previous one, the <strong>Church of the Redeemer,<\/strong> more than 46 meters high. Around the Shrine of St. Gerard Maiella, other buildings developed to accommodate pilgrims and give them space for prayer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-article\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3931 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/marian-titles.jpeg\" alt=\"marian titles\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" data-kale-share-title=\"The Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella, the patron saint of mothers and children\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=3926\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"leggi-anche\">Read more:<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/religious-items\/marian-titles-what-are-they-and-how-many-are-all-the-names-dedicated-to-mary\/\">Marian Titles: what are they and how many are all the names dedicated to Mary<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nMarian Titles: all the appellations with which Mary, mother of Jesus, is venerated. How many are Marian titles?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is also a small museum, the <strong>Gerardino Museum<\/strong>, consisting of only two rooms, which houses paintings that tell the story of St. Gerard and many votive offerings brought by his devotees. There is also a reconstruction of the little cell in which the saint lived. In the little room there is a large crucifix, a small bed, the remains of a harpsichord, and a desk on which towers <strong>a skull<\/strong>, an item that every Redemptorist missionary had to have in his room as a reminder of the impermanence of life. On the skull is the inscription Always Remember, while on the door of the little cell St. Gerard had a sign posted with the words in capital letters, &#8220;<em>Here you are doing God&#8217;s will, as God wills and for as long as it pleases God<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>The patron saint of children<\/h2>\n<p>St. Gerard is recognized as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/saints-and-blessed\/santa-margherita-da-cortona-protector-of-women-in-childbirth\/\"><strong>the patron saint of parturients<\/strong><\/a>, mothers and children, and invoked by nursing mothers at the time of childbirth. There are many miracles attributed to the saint involving mothers and children. In particular, one legend says that the saint, a guest of a family in Oliveto Citra, pretended to forget his own handkerchief in their home. One of the little girls of the house brought it to him, but the Saint wanted her to keep it because she would need it someday. Many years later, at the time of childbirth, the child who had become a woman was struggling between life and death, and she wanted the handkerchief laid on her belly. Thus the pain passed and she and her baby were saved.<\/p>\n<p>At the Shrine of St. Gerard Maiella, the <strong>Hall of Bows<\/strong> commemorates the Saint&#8217;s love for children and mothers with countless pink and blue bows, ribbons, and photographs, donated by parents over the years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-article\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3932 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/10\/Santa-Margherita-da-Cortona-protector-of-women-in-childbirth.jpeg\" alt=\"Santa Margherita da Cortona protector of women in childbirth\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" data-kale-share-title=\"The Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella, the patron saint of mothers and children\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=3926\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"leggi-anche\">Read more:<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/saints-and-blessed\/santa-margherita-da-cortona-protector-of-women-in-childbirth\/\">Santa Margherita da Cortona: protector of women in childbirth<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSaint Margaret of Cortona had a life full of events \u2013 not always happy \u2013 which led her to the fame of holiness even before she died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the feast day for his liturgical memory on October 16, we discover the Sanctuary of St. Gerard Maiella, the patron saint of mothers and children Oct. 16 marks the memory of St. Gerard Maiella, The Father of the Poor, The 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