In one of the oldest central districts of Lissone, called the Borgo, there is a small church dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, which grew out of an image of the Madonna painted on a wall for centuries, a comfort for passing pilgrims and peasants.
It was built in the 16th century, and when the building was visited by St. Charles Borromeo during a pastoral visit in 1576 it was on his instructions restored and embellished, above the altar was placed a statue of the Virgin, probably a gift from the sculptor Bernardino Arosio.
In the early seventeenth century Cardinal Federico Borromeo visited it again and finding it so well placed and accompanied by a living faith and devotion he wrote: "... in order that the people may be still more inflamed in the veneration of the Blessed Virgin and increase the concourse of the faithful to this Oratory, we recommend that all the faithful of this place every day dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and moreover every Saturday, gather towards evening in this Oratory to make the usual devotion there, and there sing the litany and antiphon of the Blessed Virgin so that they may always have her as their advocate and patroness ....".
The Shrine is one of the stops on the Way of Saint Augustine.
