The mystery of the statue of the Pilgrim Madonna whose shoes wear out

Today we will tell you a very beautiful story, that of Pilgrim Madonna, who wore out his shoes while sleeping. Sister Maura is the one talking about it. Anyone who lives near Naples cannot fail to know the Santissima Annunziata hospital where mothers unable to care for and raise their children leave them so that someone can look after them and take care of them.

In the church of the Santissima Annunziata, which today is located behind the hospital in the Via Forcella district of Naples, there issacred image of the Madonna dell'Annunziata. Here it is said that the Madonna gets up at night to go and visit him orphans and wear out his shoes.

The pilgrim Madonna watches over the orphans

Sister Maura una speaks about this story in Il Mattino religious always smiling and always ready to tell the story of whoever comes to her shoes of the Madonna. The statue's shoes need to be changed often, Sister Maura tells those who ask her, as every night Maria goes to visit her children and in doing so consumes them.

The worn shoes they are not thrown away, but preserved and donated to people who ask the Madonna for particular miracles. Sister Maura also tells how despite the years passing, there are still many children who are left at the Annunziata hospital and for each of these little angels the Madonna places her loving gaze on her.

Then he tells a story episode happened on a night like any other to a doctor on duty. The doctor heard his name called and headed towards the room, following the call. He thus arrived in front of the crib of a suffocating baby. That voice had given the doctor the chance to save him in time.

The pilgrim Madonna watched over that night one of his children and saved his life. The statue of the mother of all abandoned children has long real hair flowing over a blue cloak.