In 1884, a restoration was undertaken, entrusted to engineer Pio Casoli: eclectic in style, only the bell tower remains from the original (1884). Description: a small wooden tablet with a painting of the Madonna and Child, commissioned immediately after the miracle by the miracle recipient himself and initially hung on the tree where the saving apparition occurred. The elm tree is also considered an object of worship, as the sanctuary was built around the plant. It was destroyed along with the aforementioned tablet during the looting by the troops of Ottavio Farnese in 1557. First use: in the year 1484 Epiphany: The Madonna appears among the branches of an elm tree to a knight who fell from his horse Image: Painting Location: Tree Description: In 1559, a wooden statue, still preserved today, replaced the original wooden tablet. First use: in the year 1559 Epiphany: The Madonna appears among the branches of an elm tree to a knight who fell from his horse Image: Statue
Original location of the Sanctuary: Around the elm tree; later along the walls of the sanctuary Notes on the collection: Painted tablets; Real or represented prostheses; stumps, human limbs reproduced in silver Types of ex-votos: Painted tablets, Anthropomorphic figurines, Real or represented prostheses, Various objects Current preservation: Ex-votos predating 1803 were burned to make way for solemn decorations during the feast of September 8. Sixty wooden tablets remain, kept at the nearby monastery of the Servants of Mary. Reference to publications or printed descriptions: The painted miracle. The ex-votos of the sanctuary of the B.V. dell’Olmo, Montecchio, 1995

The sanctuary is still operational. Its activity was interrupted between 1805 and 1843 (converted into a barracks until 1832, then into a hospital); and during World War I. It is a diocesan sanctuary.
D. G: M. VALLE, Historical notes on the Sanctuary of S. Maria dell’Olmo in Montecchio di Reggio, Modena 1850.
BIBLIOGRAPHY – In addition to texts specifically dedicated to this place of worship, reference is made to some significant repertoires that include sections related to the sanctuary. – ARTICLE IN MISCELLANY – Pezzoli Stefano, ‘General Repertoire of Sanctuaries in Emilia Romagna’, in Art and Sanctuaries in Emilia Romagna 1987, pp. 179 – 239. (For the diocese of Reggio Emilia, the following sanctuaries are described: Beata Vergine della Battaglia [p.196]; Madonna della Pietà di Bismantova [p.194]; Beata Vergine di Campiano [p.194]; Madonna del Carrobbio [p.194]; S. Francesco in Rocca [p. 203-204]; Madonna delle Formiche [p.197]; Beata Vergine della Fossetta [p.195]; Madonna del Gazzo [p.194]; Beata Vergine della Ghiara [p.196-7]; San Girolamo [p.197]; Beata Vergine di Lourdes [p.194]; Beata Vergine della Natività [p. 203-204]; Madonna della Neve [p.197]; Beata Vergine dell’Olmo [p.195]; Beata Vergine della Pace [p.194];Madonna Pellegrina [p.194]; Beata Vergine della Porta [p.195]; Madonna di S.Siro [p.197]; Natività di Maria o Madonna della Rosa [p.194-195]; Beata Vergine dello Spino [p.197]; Madonna della Tosse [p.197]; Madonna della Mercede [p.196] – – BOOK – Lindner C., The Marian Sanctuaries of Reggio, Ed. Bizzocchi, Reggio E. 1972, pp. 84. (The following sanctuaries of the diocese of Reggio Emilia are described: Beata Vergine della Ghiara (pp. 11-21), Madonna della Pietà di Bismantova, Beata Vergine di Campiano (pp. 33-39), Beata Vergine della Fossetta (pp. 41-47), Beata Vergine dell’Olmo (pp. 49-57), Beata Vergine della Porta (pp. 59-67), Beata Vergine della Battaglia, Madonna della Rosa, Madonna del Gazzo (pp. 69-83) – – BOOK – Testimonies of Marian worship in the diocese of Reggio – Guastalla, Ed. Bizzocchi, Reggio E., 1988, pp. 76 (Sanctuaries referenced in the text: Beata Vergine della Battaglia [p.52]; Madonna della Pietà di Bismantova [p.35-37]; Beata Vergine di Campiano [p.33-35]; Madonna del Carrobbio [p.32]; Madonna delle Formiche [p.63]; Beata Vergine della Fossetta [p.49-50]; Madonna del Gazzo [p.39-40]; Beata Vergine della Ghiara [p.11-13]; Beata Vergine di Lourdes [p.24]; Beata Vergine della Natività [p. 67]; Madonna della Neve [p.62-63]; Beata Vergine dell’Olmo [p.46-48]; Beata Vergine della Pace [p.38];Madonna Pellegrina [p.28]; Beata Vergine della Porta [p.43-45]; Madonna di S.Siro [p.64-65]; Natività di Maria o Madonna della Rosa [p.41-42]; Beata Vergine dello Spino [p.55-56]; Madonna della Tosse [p.60-61]; Madonna della Mercede [p.52] – – MANUSCRIPT – P. SCURANI, The Churches of the Diocese of Reggio Emilia, ms. (1900-1928), vols. 5 in A. VE. Re – (The manuscript contains references to the following sanctuaries of the diocese of Reggio Emilia: Beata Vergine della Pace, III, p. 36; Beata Vergine del Carrobbio, IV, p. 64; Beata Vergine della Neve di Campiano, V, p. 552; Madonna del Gazzo, II , p. 871; Madonna della Pietà di Bismantova, III, p. 87; Madonna della Tosse, V, p. 179; Madonna delle Formiche, III, p 463; Beata Vergine dell’Olmo, V, 755; Beata Vergine di Lourdes, II, 20; Beata Vergine della Battaglia, II, 292).
the community of Montecchio donated the chapel to the Order of the Servants of Mary through a notarial deed in 1487. The continuous influx of faithful prompted the community of Montecchio in 1487 to call upon the Fathers of the Order of the Servants of Mary to oversee the sacred site.
the community of Montecchio donated the chapel to the Order of the Servants of Mary through a notarial deed in 1487.
From 1859, spiritual care passed to the parish priest of San Donnino. In 1887, a community of Mantellate Servants of Mary was established at the sanctuary, living monastically in cloister but being the actual custodians of the sanctuary.
The congregation (Redemptorist Fathers) maintained spiritual care until 1859, with an interruption in the years 1848-1850.
Between 1797 and 1843, the church continued to be officiated.
The spiritual care of the Servants of Mary ended in 1797, with the arrival of French troops.

42027 Montecchio Emilia, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy