Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-15
A MADONNA IN BLUE.
sToRY or A MIRACULOUS sHHfNE ar
CORASO, ITALY.
Little Desolina LusentI. Grapdchild OF the
Corano Beil-Ringer. Announces That She
Has Seen the virgin, and all the Neigi,-
borhood Becomes Deeply Aroused.

A Rome letter in the London Times says
that remarkable outbreak of religious hal
iucination has been spreading in Italy, near
Piacenza, where the mountain village of
Corano has, IL is alleged, been the scene of
miraculous appearance of tho Madonna To
this lonely spot, destitute of railway and tele-
graphic communication, thousands are now
fiocking from all directions. Men as well as
women are falling upon the ground in de-
lirium of supplication, kissing the stones,
weeping, laughing, singing, many fainting |
or falling into commissions, and some lying In |
n state of ecstatic trance The particulars |
have been vague and imperfect; but the
,Hdmpd has now published the following
from correspondent whom 1t has sent to the
spot. He writes "Just month ago little
girl, eleven years old, Desolina Lusenti,
grandchild of the Corano bell-ringer, de-
| clared that she had seen on the mountain
| road OF the Boscone most beautiful lady
| (uno signora bella, belia), dressed in blue,
| coming out of the wood, who said, My child,
| am the Madonna. Christ, my Son, has al
| lowed me TO come once more on earth. He
| il weary of the iniquity of man, and am
weary of their incredulity. 1 will stay in
| this place for while among you, and you
| shall come and adore me here and rebuild the
| oratory which was once on this spot She
then disappeared, but a few hours atterward
all Corano knew what the girl had seen.
"Some wereincredulous, but the greater mum
ber did not for moment discuss the veraci y
| of the girls statement Desolina was hailed
as the favorite child of tho Madonna, and the
| whole population went out in procession to
the spot at the wood. From that moment
there commenced liberal epidemic of costa
| sizes and visions. While write more than
thirty little girls declare that they have seen
| and are In direct communication with the
Madonna To these arc added men and
I.lI nd Ia
, had scarcely put my foot outside the walls
of Placenza before / found that nothing was
spoken of by the people but the Madonna, OF
{ Corano. can only compare the frenzy OF
| enthusiasm with which all rush TO Corano tC
that of the Crusaders when about 10 behold
: Jerusalem for the first timo. For miles
round this village the country has the sp
i pearapce of the Tuscan Maremma at the
@ | time OF the unfortunate prophet OF Arci
. dosso, David Lazzar til. Hanging from th'
: branches of the trees and ON the hedges OF
all sides are offerings presented by the peas
:. ants to the miraculous shrine, which a
" present consists of a basket draped will
r. three or four cloths on the roadside, to TIL
l. | right, as you proceed toward Corano.
"a "Hundreds aud hundreds OF persons ar
: seen laboring up the steep ascent under th
burning rays OF the July sun. Some girl
a. scramble up the bare rocks, supplicating tn
TO Virgin with loud cries to appear, until the
Or faint with fatigue. Recovering their sense
o. they say they hear the voice Of the Madonna
IN while all present fall on the ground, kissin
~ the earth with convulsive sobs and floods
y tears. A profound impression is produced
u. To aggravate matters, women known to !
y bysterical sing, laugh, and cry, causin
vi others TO initiate them. While / write tn
al thousands are thronging hither from Il
or valleys of the old duchies, from Piedmon
VI from Ligura, from Lombardy. The numb'
is estimated at 10000. Tho authorities a
now interfering, and it is high time. Sever
q doctors who have visited the place decla
o, that the spread of this hallucnation IL like
lie to assume very alarming proportions"