''Refugium Peccatorum Madonna'' or the ''Refuge of Sinners Madonna'' is a painting by the Italian artist Luigi Crosio. It was painted in 1898. Crosio originally painted the

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for the Kuenzil Brothers in Switzerland. The painting depicts the

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. In 1964 the Swiss province of the Schoenstatt Sisters purchased the original painting. It was then also called the ''Mother Thrice Admirable Madonna''.

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Research on Luigi Crosio

1898 paintings Paintings of the Madonna and Child Paintings in Switzerland {{1890s-painting-stub