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History and a some legend
In it was Christian, but not in the primordi of the Christianity, the Messinesi placed better lookout for one and the other sea on to the mount: the SS. Vergine, to which they erected one chiesetta. We do not know just when the Sanctuary was constructed, is opted for the Bizantina age. The Picture that venera to you was much ancient one and there is "constant tradition in those places" says the Placid parish priest Samperi, than the image of the Madonna it is capitata lassù as a result of this prodige:
>> while some fishermen were see again and racconciando their nets, in the beach of the sea, plus neighbor to the mount (the beach of Larderia), saw to come towards the river two monster navy, supporting in the back a picture and, ivi placed, to dive itself in the waves or to disappear. Full loads of astonishment those fishermen run to see the Picture and, to aiming the image of the Madonna, is affected and s' they kneel down on the lido, pouring tenderness tears: they kiss and the ribaciano, ringraziando it of intentional having to come on their beach. Those fishermen attributed the fact to the shipwreck of some veliero, than, together to merchandises, he carried that picture; and also to the predilezione of Maria for the city of Messina, dov' universal he was honored.
The news of the prodigioso disembarkation of the picture flew like the wind and, towards the lido, it was to accorrere of all the ranks and all the ages in order to see it and in order to kiss it. The lido it had become a Sanctuary!!! Those good fishermen, after to have venerato and made venerare on the beach the prodigiosa image, riverentemente carried it on the summit of Dinnamare, where the Chiesetta of the Madonna rose. And then from all the near villages, to great caravans or spicciolata, muovevano the pilgrimages: and all go to the mount in order to cry and to pray dinanzi to the prodigioso picture; and Thanks piovono, because it is prayed with faith. Always therefore: Thanks piovono when it is prayed with faith!<<
How much time has been lassù the miraculous picture does not know it. We know but from the Saperi that, in 1644, given to the publication of its "Iconologia of the Vergine Blessed soul lassù Maria" venerava an image of average relief of the Madonna, because the primitivo picture had been stolen from ignoti. It is believed that the arrival of the Picture of the Madonna in the beach of Larderia is of age normanna. A copy of the miraculous picture, than conserve to Messina in a cappelletta peasant, is along and wide 8 palms, in contrada the Zaera. Picture and cappelletta had been made to construct from a peasant of the near villages, much devout person of the Madonna di Dinnamare that, every year, to own expenses, of it celebrated on the mount the festivity, and oltremodo yearning to diffuse the cult. We know that that image divenne veneratissima and operated prodigal.
Towards year 1600, the natural ones of Larderia wanted to make to paint a new picture. The painter rather than to reproduce the Madonna com' was painted in the remained copies, of it he painted only the busto and in down cloud wrapped the figure in one white woman. It was taken care to paint the scene of the Dolphins that carried the picture on the river. That picture but always did not remain on the mount; it was carried to you in the time of the August festivities. During the year it remained to Larderia and it was placed over an appropriate altar, that it rose to right of the door of the sacrestia, under the graceful nail head of S.Giacomo. the Sanctuary of Dinnamare was remained without a fixed picture.
The Madonna thought in order to make to you to place it.
A shepherd of buoi, of the family Occhino at, was to watch its herd to the stratums of the mount. Salted on the summit, s' imbatte in a stone tablet, high two palms and wide a palm and means, dov' were carved rozzamente the Madonna with the Child between the arms. If the door to house to Larderia, but the following morning does not find more to it in house, but in the place where it had found the day to it before. The filler to house for others two times and others two times finds again it on the top of the mount. Known that, the Chaplain of Larderia, it orders that the stone tablet ports in parish. Made saying. But the following day the tablet was found in top to the mount. It was too much manifest that the Madonna wanted star lassù. And lassù placed it over the altar.
In the night of the 30 september a 1837, during a terrible thunderstorm, lightning hit the stone tablet found from the shepherd Glances at that it was bulwark over the altar of Dinnamare. They remained intact only the witness and it leave of the neck of the Madonna and the Child. Some fragments were wall to you in the Church of S. Sebastiano to Advanced Larderia, to the skillful side of the greater altar, where still they are venera you from the faithfuls. Other stone tablet came soon placed, in place of before, in the Sanctuary of Dinnamare, representative the Saintest Vergine with the Child in arm. To inferior sides the two dolphins look at themselves that they carry the image on the back. That marble tablet still is to its place in the Sanctuary and what door in festivity for the country 5 day August, date in which finishes the festeggiamenti begins to horse between the 2 and the 3 to you of August with the pilgrimage of the faithfuls who leave from the several ones stradelle that from the city they catch up the top of the mount.
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Festivity of Dinnammare