Bambino Gesu of Arenzano

The Bambino Gesu of Arenzano locally known as Il Grande Piccinino (Lit: Child Jesus of Arenzano, the Great Little Child) is a Roman Catholic devotional image depicting the Child Jesus venerated by the Genoese faithful.[1]

Bambino Gesu of Arenzano
Child Jesus of Arenzano
il Grande Piccinino
The Santo Bambino Gesu of Arenzano "il Piccinino" enshrined within the titular Basilica
LocationArenzano, Genoa
Date1902
WitnessMarquise Delphina Gavotti of Savona
Prior John of the Cross
TypeWooden image
ApprovalPope Pius XI
ShrineBasilica of Bambino Gesu of Arenzano

The image takes its iconography from the Infant Jesus of Prague which was brought by the Carmelite Order who wanted to propagate its devotion in the area. The feast of the image is celebrated each September 1. Various miraculous claims are associated with the image by its pilgrims, now preserved within the basilica.

History
Minor Basilica of Bambino Gesu di Arenzano.

The image was donated by the Marquise Delphina Gavotti of Savona and was presented to the built shrine on 2 June 1902. It replaced a picture image of the Infant Jesus of Prague brought by the Carmelite Order on 25 September 1900, which was located beneath the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Pope Pius XI granted a Canonical coronation to the venerated image on 24 February 1924 via his Papal legate Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val. The solemn ceremony was attended by many notable prelates, namely the young seminarian at the time, Cardinal Giuseppe Siri and Queen Margherita of Savoy.

The same Pontiff raised the sanctuary to the status of a Minor Basilica on 6 May 1928 through an Apostolic decree signed by the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, where the image is permanently enshrined today.[2]

See also

References
  1. "The Miraculous Bambino Gesu". Italian Slow Walks. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. http://www.chiesadigenova.it/home_page/itinerari/00362239_Santuario_Bambino_di_Praga___Arenzano.html
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