santuario, mariano, parrocchiale, Santa Maria della Misericordia

Santa Maria della Misericordia, in the comune of Davoli, is a Renaissance church with a long and layered history. Its earliest known mention comes from a manuscript in the local parish archive, which records a “miraculous” painting, dated 1534, now lost. A papal bull of 1634 established a confraternity here, whose members enjoyed the right of burial within the church and organised a pilgrimage on the seven Saturdays before the Feast of the Assumption.

A detailed census of 1795 inventories the complex: the church, a campanile, four small rooms for hermits, a courtyard, and even a count of a thousand roof tiles. During the Napoleonic period (1806-1809), the site was transformed. Closed for consolidation and restoration in 1985, it was reopened for worship in 2001, and in 2000 was declared a parish Marian sanctuary. A place of quiet devotion, its story is written in documents, not just stone.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.