Octagonal building, oriented, with a site located on a raised plateau. Deep rectangular presbytery, perhaps corresponding to the hall of the previous chapel, small chapel on the right. Bell tower behind, aligned with the presbytery, partially incorporated into it, covered with Carnic tiles edged with terracotta tiles. Front portico with a three-pitched roof with tiles on four stone pillars, enclosed by a perimeter wall with openings to the west and south. Wide portal in molded stone between two low square windows and an oculus on the facade. The octagonal interior with a secondary entrance to the south surmounted by a rectangular window; a Gothic bifora on the western side of the chapel to the north, vaulted with a cross. The flat ceiling with a low perimeter cornice. Blocked window on the north wall near the altar. The presbytery, raised by one step, faces through the ogival arch set on plinths; vaulted with a cross, two rectangular windows to the south. In the north wall, the door to the sacristy. The flooring in stone slabs arranged transversely to the entrance; central tombstone. Octagonal hall and rectangular presbytery with a single chapel on the left side; pavilion portico [MARCHETTI p. 44]. The original structure, although damaged in the earthquakes of 1700 and 1976, has not undergone modifications. Description: The crowned Madonna holds the Child with her right arm. Behind them, an angel watches. Two other cherubs are placed at the upper vertices of the canvas, dated 1706. Based on the eighteenth-century iconography, which replaced the original print from the early seventeenth century, there is an eighteenth-century holy card. Entered into use: between the year 1700 and the year 1700 Epiphany: Madonna and Child Image: Painting
Original location of the Sanctuary: Hung on the walls of the sanctuary. Notes on the collection: The first of the 17 wooden tablets is from 1621 and they go up to 1875. Chronologically later are the embroideries and the tablets “For grace received.” Type of ex-votos: Tablets or plaques with inscriptions, Painted tablets Reference to publications or printed descriptions: The 17 wooden tablets are reproduced in Moro 1970, pp. 95-110 (plates LIII-LXVIII); and in Moro 1994 p. 604 (fig. 8). Sheets 1, 4, 14, 68, and 76 of Sgubin reproduce in color and describe the ex-votos published by Moro 1970 respectively in plates LIII, LIX, LVII, LXIII, LXV. Sheet 62 corresponds to Moro 1994, p. 604 (fig. 8). Recently, some nineteenth-century ex-votos have been attributed to Antonio Micolini, painter from Invillino, and to Don Pietro Bonanni, painter from Raveo (Moro 1998).

XIV  (pre-existing structures of the entire property)

The church stands on the ruins of a pre-existing fourteenth-century building. Don Paolo Migneo, parish priest of Enemonzo, under whose jurisdiction Raveo was also subject, testified on July 3, 1614, before the Udine Curia regarding the existence of a shrine, an object of vows and veneration by numerous pilgrims, containing the image of the Madonna. The inhabitants of Raveo obtained permission from the patriarch on May 11, 1619, to erect the church in place of the shrine. The work began on June 5 of the same year, thanks also to the substantial sums collected through alms (600 ducats) and was completed in a short time. For this reason, we consider the period between 1614 and 1620 as the start date of the sanctuary.
The sanctuary was built in 1620 on the site where, at least since 1614, devotees addressed their prayers to a print of the Madonna. At that time, prayers had already been practiced for two years to ward off fever, and pilgrimages had also taken place with children born dead to obtain their temporary resurrection and administer baptism. The presence of hermits not far from the sanctuary from 1686 until their suppression in 1810 allowed at least from 1718 a vigilant custody of the sanctuary. Their role as educators facilitated the spread of knowledge of the sanctuary, particularly in the Canale di Gorto and Valcalda. Currently, the sanctuary is particularly addressed by the community of Raveo, which has overseen its restoration after the 1976 earthquake.
The community of Raveo became a parish only in 1875, after a heated conflict with Enemonzo, to whose parish it was subject. The jurisdiction of the sanctuary thus belonged to the Parish of Saints Hilary and Tatian of Enemonzo, at least until the end of the nineteenth century.
On June 26, 1626, the vicar general granted a permanent chaplain to the sanctuary. In March 1627, following the pastoral visit and under pressure from the parish priest of Enemonzo, the chaplain was prohibited from celebrating in the church of San Floriano in Raveo. This permission was granted again the following year, but when the appointment of the chaplain himself had returned to the parish priest’s authority, and this until 1875. From 1718, the Municipality of Raveo, owner of the sanctuary, entrusted its custody to the small group of hermits who lived nearby, in exchange for 5 ducats annually. However, they were forbidden to celebrate within the sanctuary, even their daily prayers.
The appointment of the parish priest of Enemonzo, who in turn appointed the chaplain of Raveo, was the responsibility of the assembly of family heads of the Municipality of Enemonzo, probably with the participation of the communities annexed to the parish, among which Raveo.

33029 Raveo UD, Italy