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The Redemptorists arrived in Bussolengo thanks to the interest and insistence of Don Giuseppe Turri, a local priest, who intended to bring to a new life the former Franciscan convent located towards the Adige.
Don Turri had met the Congregation in 1830 in Vienna, where the memory of St. Clemente Maria Hofbauer...
According to an ancient tradition, the precious icon of the Mother of Perpetual Help, which dates back to the 14th century, was brought to Italy from the island of Crete by a merchant towards the end of the 1400. From 1499 to 1798, the icon was exhibited in the church of S. Matteo in Rome (located near today's Church of Sant'Alfonso)...
On June 14, 1596 the Bishop of Verona gave permission for the erection of the convent of the Minori Osservanti in Bussolengo. The construction was carried out from the beginning according to a specific project which included, as already mentioned, also the rebuilding of the existing church dedicated to SS. Zeno and Valentino...
