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The original image of Nuestra Madre del Perpetuo Socorro is a 13th century Byzantine painting on wood that was said to have been filched from Crete (Greece) and brought to Rome in late 15th century. Later it was venerated in the Church of St. Matthew's hence its original name, Madonna di San Matteo. Despite the church’s distance from Rome, the painting quickly became associated with miracles and gained a devout following. However, in 1798, the French invaded Rome and Napoleon's general ordered the destruction of churches and the painting was thought to have burned down in the assault.

Almost 50 years later and in a chapel miles away in Posterula, a sacristan named Augustine Orsetti revealed a secret to an alter boy named Michael Marchi that the painting was rescued at the last minute before the attack. Marchi never forgot the story. Several years later in 1853, the Redemptorists, who established their world headquarters in Rome, bought a huge estate with historical ruins. Investigating on the land's history, the Redemptorists learned that the ruins is the church of St. Matthew's and about the miraculous painting that perished. The order was then stunned when Fr. Michael Marchi, now a Redemptorist prient, stepped forward and confessed that not only did the picture still exist, but he knew where it was.

Finally, after more than 70 years, upon orders of Pope Pius IX, the painting was returned home and was installed in the Church of St. Alphonsus erected in the spot of the St Matthew's Church ruins. It came out that Pope, as a boy, had prayed before the picture in St. Matthew’s and was a devotee. With all the eerie coincidences, Redemptorists quickly embraced the mission of distributing reproductions of her picture around the world. In the Philippines today, there is nary a church without her image.

This is an early 20th century paper replica of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, given by an aunt from Talisay, Cebu. It is still in its original plaster of paris frame. One of my priceless treasures in my devotional antique collection in Cebu, the Philippines.

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Taken on: September 26, 2005

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