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THE MIRACLE MADONNA IS VENERATED IN THE BASILICA OF SANT ANDREA DELLE FRATTE ERECTED AROUND THE YEAR 100 BY THE FRIARS MINIMUS. THIS SCULPTURE MADE OF RESIN AND HAND-PAINTED BY NEAPOLITAN ARTISANS HOLDS TRUE TO ICONOGRAPHIC DETAIL. IN FACT WHEN IN 1842 THE MADONNA APPEARED TO THE ASAZIAN JEW ALFONSO RATISBONNE SHE INSTRUCTED HIM TO KNEEL DOWN AND HE CONVERTED