Our Lady of Gorica shrine

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Shrine of Our Lady of Gorica (Croatian: Svetište Majke Božje Goričke) is a Catholic Marian shrine in Batomalj at the island of Krk in Croatia. It is the oldest shrine in the Diocese of Krk. First church originates from the 11th century and was located in the area of "Goričice" of the Baška Valley in today's Jurandvor.

Today's church was built in 1415. In 1550, it was consecrated to the Assumption of Mary by the bishop Albert Domnius de Gliricis. Next to the church was the house of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Gorica, whose statute is kept in Zagreb, being the oldest statute of a brotherhood in Croatia written in Glagolitic script (1425).

In 1603, the brotherhood had one hundred members. Members of the Brotherhood were also Benedictines from nearby St. Lucia Abbey, who managed the Sanctuary until the collapse of the monastery in 1465.

Some members of the family of the Frankopan princes of Krk (Nikola IV with his wife Dorotheja, Prince Ivan and Princess Elizabeta) also belonged to the brotherhood. The baroque statue of Our Lady of Gorica holding Christ Child by unknown sculptor originates from the 16th century. Its gilding was restored in 1877.

A testimony of Bishop David from 1590...