Loreto is a charming hill town of some 10,000 inhabitants in the central Italian region known as the Marches. It is famed throughout the world for the Holy House of the Virgin Mary of Nazareth.

The Holy House of Loreto and the Altar of the Apostles is encased in this sanctuary. By Rev. Gus Puleo | For MediaNews Group. UPDATED: September 28, 2021 at 12:24 AM EDT.

From St. Francis de Sales to St. Louis de Montfort, many saints visited the Holy House of Loreto over the centuries. St. Charles Borromeo made four pilgrimages in 1566, 1572, 1579, and 1583.

The Holy House (or Santa Casa) of Loreto stands as one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world. From mediaeval times, it has been held that the Holy House is the very home in which Mary ...

Tradition holds that the Holy House arrived in Loreto on Dec. 10, 1294 after a miraculous rescue from the Holy Land as the Crusaders were driven out of Palestine at the end of the 13th century.

Loreto and the Holy House of Mary ‘Loreto, after Nazareth, is the ideal place to pray while meditating on the mystery on the Incarnation of the Son of God.’ —Pope Benedict XVI Bret Thoman Blogs ...

Tradition holds that the Holy House of Loreto, made of three stone walls, was carried by angels from Nazareth to Loreto on the night of Dec. 9-10 in 1294, making a three-year stop in Croatia along ...

From a 19th-century illustration of the interior of the Holy House of Loreto in Italy. iStock . Frank McNally. Fri Dec 10 2021 - 01:30.

According to tradition, the Holy House of Loreto was carried by angels from Nazareth to the Italian hillside town of Loreto the night of Dec. 9-10 in 1294 after making a three-year stop in Croatia.

Sir, – Frank McNally's discussion of the Holy House of Loreto (An Irishman's Diary, December 10th) reminds me that the Holy House provides a central episode in Brian Friel's 1993 play, Wonderful ...

CANTON Maybe the secret is holy water and prayer, lots of it.. The House of Loreto hosted an outdoor concert Wednesday for its 60 residents in celebration of avoiding the dreaded COVID-19 virus ...