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Marble screen around the Holy House 1894 Medal 600th Anniversary of the Holy House Re-erection at Loreto. The main focus of Loreto is the Holy House itself (in Italian, the Santa Casa di Loreto). It has been a Catholic pilgrimage destination since at least the 14th century and a popular tourist destination as well. [1]
Loreto (/ l ə ˈ r ɛ t oʊ / lə-RET-oh, [3] US also / l ə ˈ r eɪ t oʊ / lə-RAY-toh, [4] Italian:) is a hill town and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche region. It is most commonly known as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa , a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.
The Holy House of Loreto is located in it. The metropolitan see is the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo and the rite is Latin (or Roman). It covers 17 square kilometers (6.6 sq mi) with an address at: Piazza della Madonna 1, 60025 Loreto [Ancona], Italia. The total population is 11,537 of which 96.2% are Catholic.
The church was established at the site where, according to one tradition, the Annunciation took place. Another tradition, based on the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James, holds that this event commenced while Mary was drawing water from a local spring in Nazareth, and the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation was erected at that alternate site.
According to the local tradition, the house where the Holy Family lived in Nazareth was carried to Loreto, Italy, by angels in the year 1295 to protect it from destruction. The Holy House of Loreto became one of the great pilgrimage centres of mediaeval Italy. The devotion of Mary Ward to the shrine at Loreto is well documented. [4]
House of Loreto, built in 1963, features a 35,000-square-foot facility on more than eight acres. It is licensed for 50 patient beds and has capacity for 78 residents. It also features a chapel ...
Eventually, the archbishop formed an order called of Sisters of S. Maria di Loreto Sant'Antonino which was dedicated to teaching children and the surrounding communities and "with the aim to re-propose the simple and humble, hardworking and contemplative lifestyle, led by Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the Holy House of Nazareth, which devotion and ...
On Saturday 29 November 1620, the group took possession of the sanctuary built on the foundations of the House of Loreto and known as the Holy Grotto - the site venerated by Christians as the place where the Angel Gabriel announced the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary.