Great personalities have visited the shrine by rich gifts:
Prince Jean de France and Princess Philomena of France August 2012 ,
Cardinal Luigi Poggi in the jubilee of 2000, the Cardinal Ruffo-Cilla of Naples
Leone XII
Pope Gregory XVI
Pius IX who made a pilgrimage accompanied by King Ferdinand II on 7th November 1849
Pauline Jaricott (founder of the Pontifical Missionary Works) miracle by Saint Philomena in Mugnano on 10th August 1835, the Saint Cure of Ars
Maria Cristina of Savoy, wife of Ferdinand II of Bourbon, Leone XIII