late BaroqueDescription: painting of Madonna and Child on stone (64cm x 64cm) (16th century) In use since: between the year 1500 and the year 1543 Image: Painting
Original location of the Sanctuary: in the oratory of the Madonna and of San Rocco and San Sebastiano Type of ex-votos: Tablets or plaques with inscriptions, Painted tablets, Jewelry objects Current preservation: not documented
The sanctuary of the Madonna di Campiano. Historical notes with added prayers Modena 1897, chap. VIII.
The image of the Madonna, present since the early 16th century, was placed on a pillar along the road. In 1521 Giovanni Bastardi of San Michele donated some land to promote the cult of the Madonna.
the legend tells that the image of the Madonna was miraculously found intact in the waters of the Secchia.
BIBLIOGRAPHY – In addition to the texts specifically dedicated to this place of worship, reference is made to some significant repertoires that present 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 cult 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).
plenary indulgence, on March 19 (since 1683).
In 1631 the provost attempted to remove the right of ownership of the church from the Municipality, with a procession of the clergy into the church, but the population rushed to the sound of the alarm bell and thwarted the occupation.
priests of Castellarano.
In the 18th century, the sanctuary was modified. Before the works – but the text does not specify exactly when – the altar dedicated to the Madonna della Neve was under the patronage of the Toschi family, which later ceded it to the Gatti family (Schenetti, p. 155).

Castellarano, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy