Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Madonna o Nocera i kahi kaikamahine mahiʻai makapō a haʻi iā ia "E ʻeli ma lalo o kēlā ʻoka, e ʻimi i koʻu kiʻi" a ʻike hou ʻia kona ʻike.

I kēia lā e haʻi aku mākou iā ʻoe i ka moʻolelo o ka ʻike ʻana o ka Madonna o Nocera oi aku mamua o ka mea ike. I kekahi lā, ʻoiai ka mea hihiʻo e hoʻomaha maluhia ana ma lalo o kahi lāʻau ʻoka, ua ʻike ʻia ka Madonna iā ia e ʻōlelo iā ia e kono i ka lehulehu e ʻeli ma lalo o kēlā kumulāʻau ʻoka a hoʻohiki iā lākou e loaʻa iā lākou kona kiʻi. Ma hope o ka hoʻolohe pono ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a Maria, ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo mua ka mea ʻike i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka leka no ka makaʻu i ka pane ʻana o nā kānaka. No laila hoʻoholo ʻo ia e noho mālie a mālama i ka mea huna.

Ma hope iho naʻe, loaʻa ka wahine i kahi lua nana ana. Hoʻopuni ʻia ka lāʻau ʻoka alelo ahi a he ao ʻala ma luna ona. ʻIke pū ka wahine i kekahi koa e kū ana i kahi nahesa weliweli ma kahi kokoke i ka lāʻau ʻoka. ʻO ka nahesa lulu i ka weliweli i waena o nā kānaka, akā ʻo ka Madonna, i kāhea ʻia e ka wahine, pepehi i ka mea kolo ka hoopau ana i ka pilikia. Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i kona makaʻu, ua hoʻoholo ka mea hihiʻo e hele i kona mau hoa kamaʻāina a haʻi iā lākou i ka mea i hana ʻia, me ka hoʻohuli ʻana iā lākou e ʻeli ma lalo o ka lāʻau ʻoka.

ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kiʻi Byzantine o ka Madonna o Nocera me ke keiki

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo ka mea wale nō i loaʻa iā lākou ʻo ka koena o ka luawai kahiko. Hoʻomaka ka poʻe hōʻeha i ka ʻakaʻaka i ka mea ʻike. Ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki, ua ʻike hou ka wahine i ka Madonna, nāna i kauoha iā ia e hoʻomau i ke kono ʻana i nā kamaʻāina e ʻeli ma lalo o ka luawai. Ma ke ʻano he hōʻoia o ka ʻike ʻana, waiho ka Madonna a Pōhaku makamae kaawale mai kona apo. I ka pau ʻana o ka hihiʻo, ʻo ka lilo ka wahine i makapo.

I mua o kēia kūlana, ho'āʻo nā kupa aloha a hoʻoholo lākou e hoʻomaka hou e ʻeli. ʻIke mua lākou i ka pōhaku makamae a laila kahi kiʻi Byzantine kahiko e hōʻike ana iā iaa me Maria me ke keiki. Ma hope o kēia hanana, ua ʻike ʻia ka wahine i kēia manawa ʻO ia ka mea i aloha iā Maria, hoala hou mai kona ike.

Hoʻokomo ʻia ka ikona i loko o kahi hale pule i kūkulu ʻia a hoʻolaʻa ʻia e Pope Nicholas II i ka makahiki 1061. a ua hāʻawi ʻia ke poʻo inoa o Mater Domini, ʻO ka makuahine o ka Haku a me ke aloha iā ia e ulu mau ana i ka mahalo i ka lehulehu milolala e hiki mai ana, me ka hoola ana i ka makapo, kanaka i uluhia, mai lolo a me ke alahouana o ka poe make.