A cemetery (1782) was attached to the church and was closed around the middle of this century.

**Description:** There is a discrepancy in the bibliographic sources regarding the object of worship: according to Corradini (*Un culto di età moderna: la Madonna della Rosa di Correggio*, “Ravennatensia” 1983), it has always been the same high relief transferred from the chapel to the sanctuary; whereas Lindner (*I santuari mariani di Reggio*, RE 1972) indicates a replacement of the original painting with a 15th-century terracotta bas-relief.

**Image:** Other
**Description:** A 15th-century painting of the Madonna and Child.
**Image:** Painting

**Types of ex-votos:** Inscribed tablets or plaques, painted tablets, goldsmith objects.

**References to publications or printed descriptions:** *Inventory of the furnishings preserved in the Church of the Madonna della Rosa*, 1935 (typescript kept in the Economic Archive of the Municipality of Reggio).

These are not true collections, but there are some processes to verify the authenticity of certain miracles, such as the case of the drowned child who was revived through the prayers of his parents invoking the Madonna. Cf. *”Relazione di Girolamo Augustoni, giureconsulto correggese e consigliere di giustizia del Duca di Mantova, per comprovare il miracolo del bambino resuscitato per invocazione della B.V., di cui si venera una sacra immagine nei sobborghi della città di Correggio”*, Modena 1628.

Before the construction of the Sanctuary, built in 1625, the painting of the Madonna, around which the cult developed, was located in a chapel of the Hospital for the Poor. After the hospital was demolished in the 15th century, it was moved to the Corpus Domini convent, and after its destruction in 1557, only the chapel of St. Ursula with the sacred image remained.

This is not a legend: the foundation of the sanctuary in 1625—as demonstrated by Corradini’s article—was part of a political plan by the Prince of Correggio.

**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, *’Repertorio generale dei Santuari in Emilia Romagna’*, in *Arte e Santuari 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 [pp. 203-204]; Madonna delle Formiche [p.197]; Beata Vergine della Fossetta [p.195]; Madonna del Gazzo [p.194]; Beata Vergine della Ghiara [pp.196-7]; San Girolamo [p.197]; Beata Vergine di Lourdes [p.194]; Beata Vergine della Natività [pp. 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 [pp.194-195]; Beata Vergine dello Spino [p.197]; Madonna della Tosse [p.197]; Madonna della Mercede [p.196].)

**BOOK**
Lindner C., *I santuari mariani di 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, Natività di Maria o Madonna della Rosa, Madonna del Gazzo [pp. 69-83].)

**BOOK**
*Testimonianze di culto mariano nella diocesi di 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 [pp.35-37]; Beata Vergine di Campiano [pp.33-35]; Madonna del Carrobbio [p.32]; Madonna delle Formiche [p.63]; Beata Vergine della Fossetta [pp.49-50]; Madonna del Gazzo [pp.39-40]; Beata Vergine della Ghiara [pp.11-13]; Beata Vergine di Lourdes [p.24]; Beata Vergine della Natività [p.67]; Madonna della Neve [pp.62-63]; Beata Vergine dell’Olmo [pp.46-48]; Beata Vergine della Pace [p.38]; Madonna Pellegrina [p.28]; Beata Vergine della Porta [pp.43-45]; Madonna di S. Siro [pp.64-65]; Natività di Maria o Madonna della Rosa [pp.41-42]; Beata Vergine dello Spino [pp.55-56]; Madonna della Tosse [pp.60-61]; Madonna della Mercede [p.52].)

Prince Siro of Correggio erected the votive church of the Madonna della Rosa (Nativity) for himself and his court.

Came into effect in the 17th century.

The patronage of the Cybo Gonzaga family came into effect in the 18th century; later data regarding patronage is unavailable.

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