Santa Maria In Vado, Ferrara
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Santa Maria in Vado is a church located on Via Borgovado number 3 in
Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...
, Region of
Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...
, Italy.


History

The church derives its name from a guado or fording (''vado'' in dialect) that was located nearby. A church at the site was documented since the tenth century, but on Easter of 1171, a
eucharistic miracle Eucharistic miracle is any miracle involving the Eucharist, regarding which the most prominent Christian denominations, especially the Catholic Church, teach that Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, ...
occurred when blood spouted from the host during consecration. This made the church an object of pilgrimage. This miracle that appears to confirm
transubstantiation Transubstantiation (; Greek language, Greek: μετουσίωσις ''metousiosis'') is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of sacramental bread, bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and ...
resembles the subsequent events depicted in ''
The Mass at Bolsena ''The Mass at Bolsena'' is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1512 and 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Raphael Rooms, in the Apostolic P ...
''by Raphael. Reconstruction was started in 1495 under the patronage of
Ercole de' Roberti The male first name Ercole, Italian version of Hercules, can refer to: People * Ercole (name), list of people with the name House of D'Este *Ercole I d'Este (1431–1505), Duke of Ferrara *Ercole II d'Este (1508–1559), Duke of Ferrara, Modena a ...
under the designs of
Biagio Rossetti Biagio Rossetti ( 1447 – 1516) was an Italian architect and urbanist from Ferrara. A military engineer since 1483, and the ducal architect of Ercole I d'Este, in 1492 Rossetti was assigned Addizione Erculea, the project of enlarging the city of ...
. The church contains paintings by
Carlo Bononi Carlo Bononi (1569? - 1632) was an Italian painter. An 1876 book lists him among "the last artists of any eminence in Ferrara". Page 175 Biography Bononi was active mainly in his home territories of Emilia and Ferrara, and is considered to be a ...
, Camillo Filippi,
Prospero Fontana Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) was a Bolognese painter of late Renaissance and Mannerist art. He is perhaps best known for his frescoes and architectural detailing. The speed in which he completed paintings earned him commissions where he wor ...
, Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini, and Domenico Mona.Il servitore di piazza, guida per Ferrara
By F Avventi (conte.), page 127-137.


Gallery

Image:Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 02.JPG, Interior Image:Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 07.JPG, Main altar Image:Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 04.JPG, Nave Image:Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 08.JPG, Sanctuary of the Holy Blood


References


External links


Province of Ferrara Tourism site
{{Authority control Maria del Vado Renaissance architecture in Ferrara Maria del Vado