Santa Maria in Vado, Ferrara

Santa Maria in Vado is a church located on Via Borgovado number 3 in Ferrara, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

History

The church derives its name from a guado or fording (vado in dialect) that was located nearby. A church at the site was documented since the tenth century, but on Easter of 1171, a miracle occurred when blood spouted from the eucharist during consecration. This made the church an object of pilgrimage. This miracle that appears to confirm transubstantiation resembles the subsequent events depicted in The Mass at Bolsena by Raphael.

Reconstruction was started in 1495 under the patronage of Ercole de' Roberti under the designs of Biagio Rossetti. The church was included in the zone known as the Addizione Erculea. The church contains paintings by Carlo Bononi, Camillo Filippi, Prospero Fontana, Giuseppe Antonio Ghedini, and Domenico Mona.

Gallery

• Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 02.JPG

  Interior

• Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 07.JPG

  Main altar

• Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 04.JPG

  Nave

• Ferrara, santa maria in vado, interno 08.JPG

  Sanctuary of the Holy Blood

External links

• Province of Ferrara Tourism site

• Memorie istoriche delle chiese di Ferrara e de' suoi borghi by Giuseppe Antenore Scalabrini, page 314-316.
• Il servitore di piazza, guida per Ferrara, By F Avventi (conte.), page 127-137.