Miracles Preceded Pio At Monastery

[Malachi]

Centuries before the arrival of the great Saint Padre Pio, the church and monastery in which he would spend decades — rarely leaving, at San Giovanni Rotundo, in eastern Italy — had been a hotspot for miracles.

It was way back in 1540 that a cross was erected on a hillock, next to which monastery walls were soon raised.

Next to the monastery, a little church also arose, dedicated to Our Lady of Grace. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE