Začiatky kanonických korunovácií mariánskych obrazov

The Holy See issued the authorization of a canonical coronation through a the St. Peter Chap-ter, and later the Sacred Congregation of Rites was assigned this duty. The custom of crowning holy ima-ges originated with the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. In 1636, the Count Alessandro Sforza Cesarini died, upon which he bequeathed in his last will and testament a large sum of money to the Vatican Chap-ter, be invested to produce crowns of precious metals for the coronation of the most celebrated Marian images in the world. The first Marian image that was Pontificaly crowned was Lippo Memmi’s painting of La Madonna della Febbre (Madonna of Fever) in the sacristy of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome on 1631, by Pope Urban VIII through the Vatican Chapter. The Vatican Chapter published clearly formulated conditions for coronation.