ID: 901000527 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000527	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto (Christian iconography)

Note: Narrative in which Empress Helena made a pilgrimage to Nazareth and directed that a basilica be erected over the house where she believed that the Virgin Mary had been born and received the Annunciation, and then had been converted into a church by the Twelve Apostles. When the house was threatened with destruction by the Turks, legend states that it was carried by angels through the air and eposited in 1291 on a hill at Tersatto, Croatia. The legend continues, the was later carried by angels to Loreto, Italy, and remains as a cottage within the large basilica there.

Names:

	Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Santa Casa di Loreto (Christian iconography) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
		............Life of Saint Helena (Christian iconography) (I)
		................Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto (Christian iconography) (P)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Our Lady of Loreto
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Loreto (Christian theme)) [901002603]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Helena, Empress, consort of Constantius I, Emperor of Rome (Roman empress, saint, ca. 248-ca. 328)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto (Christian iconography)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Santa Casa di Loreto (Christian iconography)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11F834 the house of Nazareth which came to Loreto (Mary-miracle)
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/875/giovanni-battista-tiepolo-the-miracle-of-the-holy-house-of-loreto-italian-1743/