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The
cults of Castelpetroso arose following the apparition of the
Madonna Addolorata to a local shepherdess, Fabiana Cicchino, which took
place on 22nd March 1888 in a locality called “Cesa tra i
Santi”.
Ten days later (Easter Sunday) the apparition was repeated in
the presence of the same Fabiana and a friend of hers, the shepherdess
Serafina Valentino. A third apparition took place on 26th
September of the same year, when the Mater Dolorosa showed herself to
Mons. Francesco Macarone Palmieri, Bishop of Bojano. The Addolorata of
Castelpetroso is the Patron Saint of the Molise and is celebrated on 22nd
March and the last Sunday of September. She is called the Silent
Madonna, because during all her apparitions she never uttered a
word.
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