Barbana, Italy

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Barbana is a small island in the lagoon of Grado in the Italian Friuli. On the island there is a Franciscan monastery and St. Mary's Basilica Santuario di Barbana whose origin is attributed to a church building from the 6th century and the year on the first Sunday in July, the scene of a procession, the Perdon de Barbana is. The island was named after the hermit Barbanus, who lived in the 6th century on the island and a group of monks gathered around him.

History

The island Barbana was originally connected to the mainland. In the area of ​​today's island was located at the time of the Romans believed to be a sanctuary of Apollo.

According to legend, the origin of the island and today's Marian pilgrimage church dates back to the year 582. This year, a storm surge was invading the area around Grado and commenced an increasing island formation. During the storm, a statue of Mary was stranded near the huts of the hermit Barbanus and Tarilessus. In thanks, the storm, the city had Grado largely spared, had the patriarch of Aquileia, Elijah, build a church building. Barbanus gathered a group of monks to be their successors took care of the sanctuary in the following centuries.

It is unknown as to when the island formation was complete. However Barbana was called in the year 734 as an island.

While the church building was destroyed by repeated floods, the original statue of the Madonna was lost. In the 11th century a new, wooden figure of the Black Madonna was used, which is now kept in a small chapel on Barbana. From the 11th century Benedictine monks inhabited the island, who were replaced from 1450 by Franciscan monks. 1738 built the Franciscan Order the current Sanctuary.

Nowadays it is possible to visit in the summer months the island of Grado excursion boats after Barbana.